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John 10:1
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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John 10:2
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But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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John 10:3
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To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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John 10:4
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When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
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John 10:5
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And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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John 10:6
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This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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John 10:7
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Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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John 10:8
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All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
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John 10:9
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I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
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John 10:10
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The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
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John 10:11
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I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
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John 10:12
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He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth [them]:
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John 10:13
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[he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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John 10:14
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I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
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John 10:15
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even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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John 10:16
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And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
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John 10:17
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Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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John 10:18
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No one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father.
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John 10:19
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There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.
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John 10:20
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And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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John 10:21
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Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
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John 10:22
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And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:
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John 10:23
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it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
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John 10:24
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The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
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John 10:25
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Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.
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John 10:26
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But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
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John 10:27
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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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John 10:28
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and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
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John 10:29
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My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.
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John 10:30
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I and the Father are one.
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John 10:31
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The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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John 10:32
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Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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John 10:33
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The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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John 10:34
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Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?
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John 10:35
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If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
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John 10:36
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say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?
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John 10:37
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If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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John 10:38
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But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
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John 10:39
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They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.
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John 10:40
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And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.
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John 10:41
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And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.
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John 10:42
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And many believed on him there.
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