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When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.
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They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.
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In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.
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So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
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I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.
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The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
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I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
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He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:
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Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
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I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,