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For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
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"I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
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just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.
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I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.
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For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.
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No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."
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Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.
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Many of them said, "He is possessed by a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?"
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Others argued, "That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?"
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The Dedication Festival came on in Jerusalem. It was winter,
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and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,