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Uerily, verily I say vnto you, He that entreth not by ye doore into the sheepefold, but climeth vp some other way, the same is a theefe, and a robber.

But hee that entreth in by the doore, is the shepherd of the sheepe.

To him the porter openeth, and the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out.

And when he putteth foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voyce of strangers.

This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstood not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

Then said Iesus vnto them againe, Uerily, verily I say vnto you, I am the doore of the sheepe.

All that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them.

I am the doore by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall goe in and out, and find pasture.

The theefe commeth not, but for to steale and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and that they might haue it more abundantly.

I am the good shepheard: the good shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe.

But hee that is an hireling and not the shepheard, whose owne the sheepe are not, seeth the woolfe coming, and leaueth the sheep, and fleeth: and the woolfe catcheth them, and scattereth the sheepe.

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, & careth not for the sheepe.

I am the good shepheard, and know my sheepe, and am knowen of mine.

As the father knoweth me, euen so know I the father: & I lay downe my life for the sheepe.

And other sheepe I haue, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall heare my voyce; and there shall be one fold, and one shepheard.

Therefore doth my father loue me, because I lay downe my life that I might take it againe.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and I haue power to take it againe. This commandement haue I receiued of my father.

There was a diuision therefore againe among the Iewes for these sayings.

And many of them said, He hath a deuill, and is mad, why heare ye him?

Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a deuill. Can a deuill open the eyes of the blind?