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John 10:14

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I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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  1. John 10:27Rank 1 from verse 14
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  2. 2 Timothy 2:19Rank 2 from verse 14
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    19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  3. John 10:11Rank 3 from verse 14
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    11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

  4. 1 John 5:20Rank 4 from verse 14
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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John 10:14

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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shepherd

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Sense 1: One who tends and cares for sheep. Sense 2: Figuratively, one who leads or cares for people.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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10:7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10:10The 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.

10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

10:12But 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.

10:13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

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10:15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16And 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.

10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

10:18No 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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