86. “I Am the Good Shepherd” (continued)

        ⁷So Jesus again said to them, “I am the door to the [Father's] sheepfold. ⁸All who seek to enter without me are thieves and robbers; and the sheep will not heed them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and find pasture. ¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly. ¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. ¹³He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, ¹⁵as the Father knows me and I the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd. ¹⁷For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life safeguarding the sheep. But if I lay down my life I will take it up again. ¹⁸No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father.”
        ¹⁹There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰Many of them said, “He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?” Others said, “These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?” ⁴²And many believed in him there.
        (Jn. 10:7–20, 42)

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Jn. 10:7   them, “I / them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I (RSV) • door to the / door of the (RSV) • the [Father's] sheepfold. (Knox) / the sheep. (RSV)
Jn. 10:8   who seek to enter without me / who came before me (RSV) • and the sheep will not heed them. / but the sheep did not heed them. (RSV)
Jn. 10:9   in and / in and out and (RSV)
Jn. 10:10  I have come that / I came that (RSV) • that you may / that they may (RSV) • it more abundantly. (KJV) / it abundantly. (RSV)
Jn. 10:17  life safeguarding the sheep. But if I lay down my life I will take it up again. / life that I may take it up again. (RSV)   (165:2/1818–9)

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