John 10:5-15 (New Living Translation)
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They won't follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don't recognize his voice."
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Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn't understand what he meant,
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so he explained it to them. "I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep," he said.
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"All others who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.
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Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. Wherever they go, they will find green pastures.
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The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.
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"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will leave the sheep because they aren't his and he isn't their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
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The hired hand runs away because he is merely hired and has no real concern for the sheep.
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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. And I lay down my life for the sheep.
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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