John 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.
2 But he that
entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter
openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he
putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and
the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger
will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they
know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable
spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what
things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus
unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the
door of the sheep.
8 All that ever
came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did
not hear them.
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.
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.
11 I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep.
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.
13 The hireling
fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the
sheep.
14 I am the good
shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father
knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my
life for the sheep.
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.
17 Therefore doth
my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.
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.
19 ¶ There was a
division therefore again among the Jews for these
sayings.
20 And many of them
said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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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