13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(A)
    will praise you forever;(B)
from generation to generation
    we will proclaim your praise.

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13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.(A) The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice.(B) He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.(C) When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.(D) But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” Jesus used this figure of speech,(E) but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.(F)

Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am(G) the gate(H) for the sheep. All who have come before me(I) are thieves and robbers,(J) but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,(K) and have it to the full.(L)

11 “I am(M) the good shepherd.(N) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(O) 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.(P) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14 “I am the good shepherd;(Q) I know my sheep(R) and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father(S)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.(T) 16 I have other sheep(U) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock(V) and one shepherd.(W) 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life(X)—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.(Y) I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”(Z)

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:9 Or kept safe

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.

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, 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.

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

All that ever 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 out, and find pasture.

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And other sheep I have, which 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.

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

18 No man taketh it 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 have I received of my Father.

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19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(A) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(B) 20 you were bought at a price.(C) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(D)

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19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

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