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([[Joh 10:1-18]]) 

:[[Joh 10:1]] ¶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
:[[Joh 10:2]] But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
:[[Joh 10:3]] To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
:[[Joh 10:4]] And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
:[[Joh 10:5]] And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
:[[Joh 10:6]] This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
:[[Joh 10:7]] Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
:[[Joh 10:8]] All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
:[[Joh 10:9]] I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
:[[Joh 10:10]] The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.
:[[Joh 10:11]] I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
:[[Joh 10:12]] But he that is an 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.
:[[Joh 10:13]] The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
:[[Joh 10:14]] I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.
:[[Joh 10:15]] As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
:[[Joh 10:16]] And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
:[[Joh 10:17]] Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
:[[Joh 10:18]] No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

[[Category: Parable]]