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New Living Translation (NLT)

John 9
⁴⁰ Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”
⁴¹ “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.
John 10
¹ “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!
² But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
³ The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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.