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New Living Translation (NLT)

John 10
⁴ After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.
⁵ They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
⁶ Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,
⁷ so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
⁸ All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.
⁹ Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
¹⁰ The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
¹² A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
¹³ The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,