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All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them.
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I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.
10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
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"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.