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Read Full Chapter (John 10) John 10:16-18 KJV
"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. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 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."
John Chapter 10, Verse 16-18
John 10:16-18 in Context (Verses 13–21 KJV)
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The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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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.
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Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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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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¶ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
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And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?