Jesus said, "I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
(Joh 10:1 GNB)
The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
(Joh 10:2 GNB)
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
(Joh 10:3 GNB)
When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
(Joh 10:4 GNB)
They will not follow someone else; instead, they will run away from such a person, because they do not know his voice."
(Joh 10:5 GNB)
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.
(Joh 10:6 GNB)
So Jesus said again, "I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep.
(Joh 10:7 GNB)
All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
(Joh 10:8 GNB)
I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.
(Joh 10:9 GNB)
The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life---life in all its fullness.
(Joh 10:10 GNB)
"I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.
(Joh 10:11 GNB)
When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
(Joh 10:12 GNB)
The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.
(Joh 10:13 GNB)
I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them.
(Joh 10:14 GNB)
(SEE 10:14)
(Joh 10:15 GNB)
There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
(Joh 10:16 GNB)
"The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again.
(Joh 10:17 GNB)
No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do."
(Joh 10:18 GNB)
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