American Standard Version of 1901
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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.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.