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John 10

Parable of the Good Shepherd

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"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is  aa thief and a robber.

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"But he who enters by the door is  aa shepherd of the sheep.

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"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear  ahis voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and  bleads them out.

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"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know  ahis voice.

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"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know  athe voice of strangers."

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This  afigure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

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So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am  athe door of the sheep.

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"All who came before Me are  athieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

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aI am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

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"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they  amay have life, and  1have it abundantly.

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aI am the good shepherd; the good shepherd  blays down His life for the sheep.

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"He who is a hired hand, and not a  ashepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, 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 hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

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aI am the good shepherd, and  bI know My own and My own know Me,

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even as  athe Father knows Me and I know the Father; and  bI lay down My life for the sheep.

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"I have  aother sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become  bone flock with  cone shepherd.

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"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I  alay down My life so that I may take it again.

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aNo one has taken it away from Me, but I  blay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.  cThis commandment I received from My Father."

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 aA division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

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Many of them were saying, "He  ahas a demon and  bis insane. Why do you listen to Him?"

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Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one  ademon-possessed.  bA demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?"

Jesus Asserts His Deity

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At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

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it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of  aSolomon.

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 aThe Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long  1will You keep us in suspense? If You are  2the Christ, tell us  bplainly."

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Jesus answered them, aI told you, and you do not believe;  bthe works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me.

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"But you do not believe because  ayou are not of My sheep.

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"My sheep  ahear My voice, and  bI know them, and they follow Me;

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and I give  aeternal life to them, and they will never perish; and  bno one will snatch them out of My hand.

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1My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

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aI and the Father are  1one."

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The Jews  apicked up stones again to stone Him.

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Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

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The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for  ablasphemy; and because You, being a man,  bmake Yourself out to be God."

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Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in  ayour  bLaw, ` cI SAID, YOU ARE GODS'?

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"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

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do you say of Him, whom the Father  asanctified and  bsent into the world, `You are blaspheming,' because I said, ` cI am the Son of God'?

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aIf I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

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but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe  athe works, so that you may  1know and understand that  bthe Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

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Therefore  athey were seeking again to seize Him, and  bHe eluded their grasp.

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And He went away  aagain beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.

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Many came to Him and were saying, "While John performed no  asign, yet  beverything John said about this man was true."

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 aMany believed in Him there.



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