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SoJesussaid to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am1the door of the sheep.
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"Allwhocamebefore Me are 2thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
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"3I am the door; ifanyoneentersthrough Me, he will be saved, and will go* in and out and findpasture.
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"The thiefcomesonly** to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they 4may havelife, and have it abundantly.
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"5I am the goodshepherd; the goodshepherd6laysdown His life for the sheep.
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"He who is a hiredhand, and not a 7shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolfcoming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolfsnatches them and scatters them.
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"He flees because he is a hiredhand and is not concernedabout the sheep.
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"8I am the goodshepherd, and 9I know My own and My ownknow Me,
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even as 10the Fatherknows Me and I know the Father; and 11I laydown My life for the sheep.
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"I have12othersheep, which are not of thisfold; I mustbring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become13oneflock with 14oneshepherd.
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"For thisreason the Fatherloves Me, because I 15laydown My lifeso that I may take it again.