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John 10:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22-23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

John 10:1 NABRE

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.

John 10:2 NABRE

But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3 NABRE

The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:4 NABRE

When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice.

John 10:5 NABRE

But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”

John 10:6 NABRE

Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them.

John 10:7 NABRE

So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep.

John 10:8 NABRE

All who came [before me] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

John 10:9 NABRE

I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.

John 10:10 NABRE

A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.

John 10:11 NABRE

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:12 NABRE

A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.

John 10:13 NABRE

This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.

John 10:14 NABRE

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me

John 10:15 NABRE

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:16 NABRE

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:17 NABRE

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

John 10:18 NABRE

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”

John 10:22-23 NABRE

The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.

John 10:24 NABRE

So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

John 10:25 NABRE

Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.

John 10:26 NABRE

But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.

John 10:27 NABRE

My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

John 10:28 NABRE

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.

John 10:29 NABRE

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.

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