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the men of the East and all the wisdom of thief and a robber. But he who enters by the
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Egypt. For he was wiser than all men—than door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his
Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and
all the surrounding nations. He spoke three leads them out. And when he brings out his
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thousand proverbs, and his songs were one own sheep, he goes before them; and the
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thousand and five. Also he spoke of trees, sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet
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from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the they will by no means follow a stranger, but
hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke will flee from him, for they do not know the
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also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, voice of strangers.” Jesus used this illustra-
and of fish. And men of all nations, from all tion, but they did not understand the things
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the kings of the earth who had heard of his which He spoke to them.
wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most
assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the
Psalm 68:15–20
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sheep. All who ever came before Me are
15 A mountain of God is the mountain of thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not
Bashan; hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by
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A mountain of many peaks is the Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out
mountain of Bashan. and find pasture. The thief does not come
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16 Why do you fume with envy, you except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I
mountains of many peaks? have come that they may have life, and that
This is the mountain which God desires they may have it more abundantly.
to dwell in;
Yes, the LORD will dwell in it forever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty
thousand, 10:7–10 I am the door. This is the third of 7 “I
Even thousands of thousands; AM” statements of Jesus (6:35; 8:12). Here, He
The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in changes the metaphor slightly. While in vv.
the Holy Place. 1–5 He was the shepherd, here He is the gate.
18 You have ascended on high, While in vv. 1–5, the shepherd led the sheep
You have led captivity captive; out of the pen, here He is the entrance to the
pen (v.9) that leads to proper pasture.This sec-
You have received gifts among men, tion echoes Jesus’ words in 14:6 that He is the
Even from the rebellious, only way to the Father. His point is that He
That the LORD God might dwell there. serves as the sole means to approach the
19 Blessed be the Lord, Father and partake of God’s promised salva-
Who daily loads us with benefits, tion. As some Near Eastern shepherds slept in
The God of our salvation! Selah the gateway to guard the sheep, Jesus here
20 Our God is the God of salvation; pictures Himself as the gate.
And to GOD the Lord belong escapes
from death.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shep-
Proverbs 17:10–12
herd gives His life for the sheep. But a hire-
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10 Rebuke is more effective for a wise ling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does
man not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and
Than a hundred blows on a fool. leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catch-
es the sheep and scatters them. The hireling
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11 An evil man seeks only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger will be flees because he is a hireling and does not
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care about the sheep. I am the good shep-
sent against him.
herd; and I know My sheep, and am known by
12 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I
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cubs, know the Father; and I lay down My life for
Rather than a fool in his folly. the sheep. And other sheep I have which are
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not of this fold; them also I must bring, and
John 10:1–23
they will hear My voice; and there will be one
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who flock and one shepherd.
10 does not enter the sheepfold by the door, 17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I
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but climbs up some other way, the same is a lay down My life that I may take it again. No
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