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All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9
I AM the door; whosoever enters in by me shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture.
10
The thief comes not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy
the sheep; I am come that they might have life and that they might have
it in abundance.
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I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
12
But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.
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The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and the sheep do not belong to him.
14
I AM the good shepherd, and know my
sheep and am known of mine.
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As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my soul for the sheep.
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And I have other sheep which are not of this fold; it is expedient that I bring them also, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold
and one shepherd.
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Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my soul that I might take it again.
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No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received of my Father.