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11 ) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
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12 ) But he that is a worker, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and left the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.
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13 ) The worker flees, because he is a worker, and cares 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 knows 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 does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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18 ) No man takes 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.