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When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
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But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
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This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.
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Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
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I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
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The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
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but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
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Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,