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When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
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But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
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Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.
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Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.
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All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them.
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I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.
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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.
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"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
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The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.
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For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
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"I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,