Chapter 10

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Chapter ten of the Gospel according to John American Standard Version.
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by Sam Stinson by his faith dot com. Chapter ten. Verily, verily,

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I say unto you, he that entereth not by the
door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up
some other way, the same as a thief and a robber.
But he that entereth in by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth, and
the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own
sheep by name, and leadeth them out. When he hath

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put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and
the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. And
a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him,
for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable
spake Jesus unto them, But they understood not what things
they were, which he spake unto them. Jesus therefore said

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unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I
am the door of the sheep. All that came before
me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not
hear them. I am the door by me. If any
man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go
in and go out, and shall find pasture. The thief

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cometh not, but that he may steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have life, and may have
it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd
layeth down his life for the sheep. He that is
a hireling, and not a shepherd whose own the sheep
are not. Beholdeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep

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and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them and scattereth them.
He fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not
for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. And I
know mine own, and mine own know me, even as
the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father. And
I lay down my life for the sheep. And other
sheep I have which are not of this fold. Them

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also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice,
and they shall become one flock, one shepherd. Therefore doth
the Father love me because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again. No one taketh it
away from me, but I lay it down of myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I have
power to take it again. This commandment received I from

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my father. There arose a division among the Jews because
of these words, and many of them said, he hath
a demon and is mad? Why hear ye him? Others said,
these are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon?
Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? And
it was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem. It

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was winter, and Jesus was walking in the Temple of
Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about him and said,
unto him, how long dost thou hold us in suspense?
If thou art the Christ? Tell us plainly? Jesus answered them,
I told you, and ye believe not the works that
I do in my Father's name. These bear witness of me.

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But ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and
they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life,
and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch
them out of my hand. My Father, who hath given
them unto me, is greater than all, and no one
is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

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I and the Father are one. The Jews took up
stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, many good
works have I shown you from the Father? For which
of those works do ye stone me? 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, ye are gods? If he called them gods
unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken. Say ye of him whom the Father
sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemoust because I said,
I am the son of God. If I do not

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the works of my Father, believe me not. But if
I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the
works that ye may know and understand that the Father
is in me and I in the Father. They sought
again to take him, and he went forth out of
their hand. And he went away again beyond the Jordan,
into the place where John was at the first baptizing,

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and there he abode, and many came unto him, and
they said, John indeed did no sign. But all things
whatsoever John spake of this man were true, and many
believed on him there end of Chapter ten