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“Thieves enter only to take away life, to steal what is not theirs, and to bring to ruin all they cannot have. I have come to give the good life, a life that overflows with beauty and harmony.

“I am the Good Shepherd, the one who watches over the sheep. I will lay down my life for them.

I know who my sheep are, for they know my voice and go where I lead them.

My gift to them is the life of the world to come, full of beauty and harmony, and they will never fade away or come to a bad end.

“I am the gate for the sheep. The ones who enter by me will be safe and well cared for. Following the Shepherd, they will go in and out and find good food to eat.

“I am the Good Shepherd, the one who lays down his life for the sheep. The Father knows me, and I know him. In the same way, I also know each one of my sheep, and they know me.

My Father gave them to me, and no one can take them from me, because no one is greater than my Father. My sheep are safe in his hands, for I and my Father are one.”

“I am the Good Shepherd, the one who lays down his life for the sheep. The Father knows me, and I know him. In the same way, I also know each one of my sheep, and they know me.

No one takes my life from me, for I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay my life down and the right to take it back. It is my Father who gives me this right.”

so he told them the meaning of the story. “I speak again from my heart,” he said. “I am the gate for the sheep.

The ones who watch the sheep only for pay will run away when a wolf comes, because the sheep are not theirs. Then the wolf preys upon the sheep and scatters the flock.

“I speak from my heart,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said to the blind tribal leaders. “Thieves and outlaws do not use the gate to the sheep pen but sneak in some other way.