130 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown
130 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown
## I Am the Good Shepherd
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###### 1
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
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But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
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###### 3
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To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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###### 4
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When he brings all his own out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
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###### 5
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A stranger they will never follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
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###### 6
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This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
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###### 7
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So Jesus said to them again, **"Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.**
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###### 8
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All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
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###### 9
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I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
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###### 10
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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have _it_ abundantly.
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"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
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He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees--and the wolf snatches and scatters them--
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because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
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even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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And I have other sheep, which are not from this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock _with_ one shepherd.
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For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
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No one takes it away from Me, but from Myself, I lay it down. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."
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A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
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And many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?"
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###### 21
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Others were saying, "These are not the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
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## I and the Father Are One
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At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;
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it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.
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The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us openly."
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Jesus answered them, **"I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these bear witness of Me.**
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But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.
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My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
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and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish--ever; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
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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.
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I and the Father are one."
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###### 31
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The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
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Jesus answered them, **"I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"**
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The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself God."
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Jesus answered them, **"Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods**'?
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If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
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do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
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If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
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but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and continue knowing that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
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Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.
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And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.
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And many came to Him and were saying, "While John did no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true."
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###### 42
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And many believed in Him there.
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