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All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
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I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
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The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
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but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
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Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,
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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 which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
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On this account 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 myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.