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"Most positively, I say to you*, the one not entering through the door into the fold of the sheep,_but_ climbing up some other way, that one is a thief and a robber. |
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"But the one entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep. |
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"To this one the doorkeeper opens. And the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he calls by name, and he leads them out. |
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"And whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. |
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"But a stranger they will by no means follow,_but_ they will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." |
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This illustration Jesus spoke to them, but those ones did not understand what the things were which he was speaking to them. |
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Therefore, Jesus said again to them, "Most positively, I say to you*,_I_ am the door of the sheep! |
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"All, as many as came, are thieves and robbers,_but_ the sheep did not hear them. |
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"_I_ am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and he will come in and will go out and will find pasture. |
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"The thief does not come except so that he should steal and kill and destroy._I_ came so that they shall have life, and they shall have [it] abundantly! |
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"_I_ am the good shepherd! The good shepherd lays down His life on behalf of the sheep. |
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12
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"But the hired worker, not being also a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, watches the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep. |
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"Now the hired worker flees because he is a hired worker and is not concerned about the sheep. |
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"_I_ am the good shepherd, and I know My [own], and I am known by My [own]. |
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"Just as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father, and I lay down My life on behalf of the sheep. |
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"And other sheep I have which are not from this fold. These also it is necessary [for] Me to bring, and My voice they will hear. And they will become one flock, one shepherd. |
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"For this reason the Father loves Me, because_I_ lay down My life, so that I shall take it [up] again. |
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"No one takes it from Me,_but__I_ lay it down of Myself; I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it [up] again. This command I received from My Father." |
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So [there] again came to be division among the Jews because of these words. |
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But many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is raving mad; why do you hear Him [or, pay attention to Him]?" |
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Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of [one] being demon-possessed [or, oppressed by a demon]. A demon is not able to open [the] eyes of blind [people], is it?" |
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Now the Feast of Dedication [i.e. Hanukkah] took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. |
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And Jesus was walking about in the temple in the Portico of Solomon. |
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Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, "How long do You hold our soul in suspense? If_You_ are the Christ, tell us plainly." |
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Jesus answered them, "I told you* and you* do not believe; the works which I do in the Name of My Father, these testify concerning Me. |
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"_But_ you* do not believe, because you* are not of My sheep, just as I said to you*. |
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"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. |
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"And_I_ give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish into the age [fig., forever]! And no one will pluck 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 be plucking [them] out of the hand of My Father. |
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"I and the Father are one!" |
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Therefore, the Jews again took up stones so that they should stone Him. |
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Jesus answered to them, "Many good works I showed to you* from my Father. On account of which work of them do you* stone Me?" |
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The Jews answered Him, saying, "Concerning a good work we do not stone You,_but_ for blasphemy, and because_You_, being a human being, are making Yourself God." |
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Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your* Law, 'I said, you are gods?' [Ps 82:6] |
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"If He called those ones "gods" to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture is not able to be broken), |
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[why of] whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, do you* say, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am God's Son?' |
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"If I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me. |
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"But if I am doing [them], even if you* do not believe Me, be believing the works, so that you* shall know and believe that the Father [is] in Me and I [am] in Him." |
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Therefore, they were seeking again to seize Him, and He went out from their hand. |
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40
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And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He remained there. |
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41
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And many came to Him and were saying, "John indeed did no sign. But all [things], as many as John said concerning this One were true." |
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And many in that place believed [or, trusted] in Him. |
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