Reference

John 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.
14

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

15

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

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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One People of God

The "other sheep" could be interpreted as referring to other groups within Judaism who had not yet recognized Jesus as the Messiah, rather than Gentiles. This interpretation would maintain the idea of a unified people, but one exclusively Jewish, thus not supporting the inclusion of Gentiles in the "one fold" in the way the definition suggests.