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| "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber; | The Parable of the Sheepfold Jn.10.1-6 |
| but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. | |
| To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. | |
| When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. | |
| A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." | |
| This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. | |
| So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. | Jesus the Good Shepherd Jn.10.7-21 |
| All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them. | |
| I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. | |
| The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. | |
| I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. | |
| He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. | |
| He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. | |
| I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, | |
| as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. | |
| And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd. | |
| For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. | |
| No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father." | |
| There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. | |
| Many of them said, "He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?" | |
| Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" | |
| It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; | Jesus Rejected by the Jews Jn.10.22-42 |
| it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. | |
| So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." | |
| Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me; | |
| but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. | |
| My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; | |
| and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. | |
| My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. | |
| I and the Father are one." | |
| The Jews took up stones again to stone him. | |
| Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?" | |
| The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God." | |
| Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'? | - I said, you are gods? Jn.10.34 | Ps.82.6 |
| If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken), | |
| do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? | |
| If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; | |
| but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." | |
| Again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands. | |
| He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized, and there he remained. | |
| And many came to him; and they said, "John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true." | |
| And many believed in him there. | |
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