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"I tell
you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All whoever came
before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not
listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will
be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. The
thief comes only to steal, to kill and destroy; I have come
that they may have life, and have it to the full.
I am the good
shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So
when he sees the wolf coming he abandons the sheep and runs
away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The
man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing
for the sheep. I
am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep knows me.
Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father and I lay
down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not
of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen
to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd..."
Jesus, speaking
to the Jews about Himself
"The Shepherd and His Flock", John 10:7-16, NIV
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