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The Good Shepherd and His Sheep

John 10:1-21

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Chapter 10
1 Amen, amen, I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the sheepfold but climbs up from elsewhere—that one is a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 But they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers. 6 This parable Jesus told them; but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7 Therefore Jesus said to them again, “Amen, amen, I say to you that I am the door of the sheep.” 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal and sacrifice and destroy; I came that they might have life and have it in abundance. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 because he is a hired hand, and the sheep do not concern him. 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not from this fold. I must lead them, too, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my soul so that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father. 19 A schism arose again among the Jews because of these words. 20 But many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to him?" 21 Others were saying, "These words are not of one who is demon-possessed; a demon is not able to open the eyes of the blind."