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John 10
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the
sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. |
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But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. |
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To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth
his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. |
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And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the
sheep follow him: for they know his voice. |
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And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know
not the voice of strangers. |
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This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things
they were which he spake unto them. |
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Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the
door of the sheep. |
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All that ever came
before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. |

"All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers."
All the prophets, kings, and
heroes of the Old Testament; everyone that ever lived before Jesus was a thief and a robber.
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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.
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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. |
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I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. |
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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. |
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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. |
"Other sheep"
The Book of Mormon identifies the "other sheep" to be the Nephites who would be visited by Jesus in the New World
after his resurrection.
BOM 3 Nephi 15:17
"There shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
Jesus falsely prophesies that "there
shall be one fold, and one shepherd." This will never happen as long a
Christian beliefs are based on the Bible.
BOM 1 Nephi 22:25
(10:17-18)
"I lay down my life ... No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself."
Did Jesus commit suicide?
What the Bible says about suicide
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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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| 10:16 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? |
"Many of them said, He [Jesus] hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?"
Many of those who saw Jesus firsthand thought he was mad and possessed by a devil.
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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?
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And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. |
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And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. |
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Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou
make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. |
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Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do
in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. |
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But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. |
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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: |
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And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. |

"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand."
Is it possible to fall from grace?
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My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand.
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I and my Father are one. |
(10:30-31, 38-39)
"I and my Father are one."
Is Jesus God?
BOM: 3 Nephi 28:10
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Then the Jews took up
stones again to stone him.
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Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for
which of those works do ye stone me?
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The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for
blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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"Ye are gods."
The Jews threatened to execute Jesus for
blasphemy, since he claimed be God. But Jesus defended himself by quoting Ps.82:6: "Is it not written in your law, I said,
Ye are gods?"
How many gods are there?
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Jesus answered them,
Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
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If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken; |
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Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? |
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If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. |
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But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the
Father is in me, and I in him. |
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Therefore they sought
again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, |
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And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first
baptized; and there he abode. |
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And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things
that John spake of this man were true. |
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And many believed on him there.
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