| 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. |
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| 2: But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. |
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| 4: And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the
sheep follow him: for they know his voice. |
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| 5: And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they
know not the voice of strangers. |
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| 6: This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what
things they were which he spake unto them. |
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| 7: Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am
the door of the sheep. |
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| 8: All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep
did not hear them. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 11: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep. |
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| 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. |
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| 13: The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for
the sheep. |
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| 14: I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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| 15: As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down
my life for the sheep. |
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| 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. |
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| 17: Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again. |
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| 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. |
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| 19: There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these
sayings. |
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| 20: And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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| 21: Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a
devil open the eyes of the blind? |
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| 22: And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was
winter. |
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| 23: And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
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| 24: Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost
thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. |
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| 25: Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that
I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. |
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| 26: But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto
you. |
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| 27: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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| 28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. |
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| 29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is
able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. |
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| 30: I and my Father are one. |
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| 31: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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| 32: Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my
Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? |
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| 33: The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but
for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. |
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| 34: Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are
gods? |
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| 35: If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken; |
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| 36: Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? |
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| 37: If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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| 38: But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. |
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| 39: Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their
hand, |
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| 40: And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first
baptized; and there he abode. |
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| 41: And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all
things that John spake of this man were true. |
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| 42: And many believed on him there. |
