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1 ) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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2 ) But he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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3 ) To him the gate keeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
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4 ) And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes 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 spoke Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke 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 comes not, but in order 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 gives his life for the sheep.