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And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers."
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This parable Jesus spoke unto them, but they understood not what things they were which He spoke unto them.
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Then said Jesus unto them again, "Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
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I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
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But he that is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep.
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The hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep and am known by Mine.
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As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.