Hello again and welcome back to kids Bible stories. Today's story is called

Your Father's Boys. This comes from John Chapter 10 verses 1 through 6. Now to today's story.

Before we start, let's talk about what a figure of speech means.

You'll need to understand this for the episode.

Have you ever heard of a figure of speech?

No. Well, it's when you use words to show a meaning

usually by comparing one thing with another

and helps you better understand what they are saying.

Let me just show you an example so you understand.

You've probably heard this one.

Have you ever heard someone say,

the classroom was a zoo?

Now does that mean that there were actually lions and elephants and monkeys in the classroom?

No, it's a figure of speech.

What they mean is, the classroom was very noisy and chaotic, like a zoo with lots of animals.

Today you'll hear Jesus using a figure of speech saying that he is the shepherd and we his followers are his sheep.

Does this mean we are actually sheep with fluffy white wooler?

No. No. No.

No.

He's using this because he knew people were very familiar with sheep and shepherds.

And they could understand what he was talking about

when he used this as an example.

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