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The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint John
Chapter 10
Christ is the door and the good shepherd. He and his Father are one.
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Amen, amen, I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. |
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But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. |
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To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out. |
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And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. |
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But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. |
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This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke. |
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Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. |
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All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not. |
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I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in and go out, and shall find pastures. |
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The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life and may have it more abundantly. |
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. |
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But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and the wolf casteth and scattereth the sheep, |
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And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep. |
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I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me. |
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As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep. |
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And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd. |
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Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. |
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No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself. And I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father. |
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A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words. |
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And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him? |
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Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? |
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And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter. |
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And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. |
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The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. |
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Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me. |
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But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. |
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My sheep hear my voice. And I know them: and they follow me. |
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And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand. |
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That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. |
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I and the Father are one. |
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The Jews then took up stones to stone him. |
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Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me? |
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The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou. being a, man, makest thyself God. |
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Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said, you are gods? |
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If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken: |
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Do you say of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest; because I said: I am the Son of God? |
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If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. |
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But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in the Father. |
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They sought therefore to take him: and he escaped out of their hands. |
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And he went again beyond the Jordan, into that place where John was baptizing first. And there he abode. |
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And many resorted to him: and they said: John indeed did no sign. |
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But all things whatsoever John said of this man were true. And many believed n him. |
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