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But the one who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
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And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
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Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.
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Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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All those who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep do not listen to them.
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I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and will go out and will find pasture.
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The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.
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"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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The hired hand, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf approaching and abandons the sheep and runs away--and the wolf seizes them and scatters [them]--