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All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
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I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.
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The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
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I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
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He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:
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Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
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I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
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Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
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And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
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For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.
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No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.