
Christ is the Shepherd, and the sheep hear his voice. John chapter ten contains parables that liken the kingdom of God to a sheepfold. The Sheepfold Parables in John chapter 10 contrast the Shepherd first to a stranger, then to a thief, and lastly to a hireling, and show how we must ensure that we follow him and not them. ( Y)This commandment I received from My Father. The Shepherd or Sheepfold Parables Parables by Jesus about Jesus. SHEEP TAG: The children will play a game of tag. When a sheep is found, that sheep will join with the 'Shepherd' in finding more sheep. HIDE AND SHEEP: The children will all find a good hiding place and one child will be the 'Shepherd' and will try to find the sheep. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. Sermon Title: 'The Good Shepherd' and 'Taking Care of the Sheep'. He who is a hired hand, and not ashepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees.

Receive the truth of his promise to lead you and protect you. 18 ( W)No one has taken it away from Me, but I ( X)lay it down on My own. I am the good shepherd the good shepherdlays down His life for the sheep. Meditate on the idea of God as your Good Shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I ( V)lay down My life so that I may take it back.

16 And I have ( S)other sheep that are not of this fold I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice and they will become ( T)one flock, with ( U)one shepherd. 14 ( O)I am the good shepherd, and ( P)I know My own, and My own know Me, 15 just as ( Q)the Father knows Me and I know the Father and ( R)I lay down My life for the sheep. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a ( N)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I came so that they ( K)would have life, and have it abundantly.ġ1 “ ( L)I am the good shepherd the good shepherd ( M)lays down His life for the sheep. 9 ( J)I am the door if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 8 All those who came before Me are ( I)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 5 However, a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know ( F)the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus told them this ( G)figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them meant.ħ So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am ( H)the door of the sheep. 4 When he puts all his own sheep outside, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know ( E)his voice.
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3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to ( C)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and ( D)leads them out. 2 But the one who enters by the door is ( B)a shepherd of the sheep. Like any good metaphor, it ripples outward across several contexts. 10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is ( A)a thief and a robber. 6 parable in some translations) of the shepherd, sheep, the gate to the sheep pen, and would-be thieves gets to the heart of who Jesus isand how we are called to follow His voice alone.
