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The Book of John, Chapter 10, Verse 1

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Jesus said unto them, ‹If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.›
King James Version
‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.›
American Standard Version
Verily, verily, 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 is a thief and a robber.
New English Translation
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
World English Bible
"Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other 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 putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.›
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‹And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.›
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This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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Then said Jesus unto them again, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.›
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‹All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.›
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‹I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.›
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‹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.›
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‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›