10. I tell you, the one who does not enter by the door into the
sheepfold, but gets in through some other way is a thief and a robber.
But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him
the porter opens the gate. The sheep hear his voice. He calls his own
sheep by name and leads them. And when he calls together his own sheep,
he goes before them and the sheep follow because they know his voice.
They will not follow a stranger because they do not know the voice of
strangers. From a stranger they will flee. Jesus used this example and
yet they did not understand what He spoke about.
Jesus then said, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me
are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the
door. If any man enters by me he will be saved. He will go in and out
and find pasture. A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I
came so they might have life and have it more abundantly.
I am the Good Shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
But he that is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose sheep are not his
own, sees a wolf coming, leaves the sheep and runs away. The wolf
catches and scatters them. The hired man flees because he works for
wages and does not care about the sheep.
I am the Good Shepherd. I know my sheep and I am known by my sheep.
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