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“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,
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just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.
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I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
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“The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.
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No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”