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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
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He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,
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as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
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For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father."
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There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
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Many of them said, "He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?"
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Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.