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Truly, truly, I say to you, he that cometh not in by the door into the fold of sheep, but ascendeth [up] by another way, is a night thief and a day thief.
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But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.
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To this the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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And when he hath done out his own sheep [And when he hath sent out his own sheep], he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
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But they follow not an alien, but flee from him; for they have not known the voice of aliens.
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Jesus said to them this proverb; but they knew not what he spake to them.
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Therefore Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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As many as have come, were night thieves and day thieves, but the sheep heard not them. [All how many ever came before me, be night thieves and day thieves, but the sheep heard not them.]
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I am the door. If any man shall enter by me, he shall be saved; and he shall go in, and shall go out, and he shall find pastures.
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A night thief cometh not, but that he steal, slay, and destroy; and I came, that they have life, and have more plenteously. [A night thief cometh not, but that he steal, and slay, and lose; I came, that they have life, and have more plenteously.]
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I am a good shepherd; a good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.