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7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
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Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
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All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
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I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
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The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
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The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
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“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—
15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
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I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
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The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.
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