ABUNDANT LIFE

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 I am the door: by me if any man enter 

in, he shall be saved, and shall go in 

and out, and find pasture.  The thief 

cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, 

and to destroy: I am come that they 

might have life, and that they 

might have it more abundantly.

I am the good shepherd: the good 

shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

But he that is an hireling, and not the 

shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, 

seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth 

the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf 

catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

The hireling fleeth, because he is 

an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd, and know 

my sheep, and am known of mine.

As the Father knoweth me, even so 

know I the Father: and I lay down 

my life for the sheep.  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 10:9-18