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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
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The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
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As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.
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No one takes it 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 command I have received from My Father."
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Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.
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And many of them said, "He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?"
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Others said, "These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"