Verse 1

Verily,{G281} verily,{G281} I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} He that{G3588} entereth{G1525} not{G3361} by{G1223} the door{G2374} into{G1519} the fold{G833} of the sheep, but{G235} climbeth up{G305} some other way,{G237} the same{G1565} is{G2076} a thief{G2812} and{G2532} a robber.{G4263}

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved,{G27} believe{G4100} not{G3361} every{G3956} spirit,{G4151} but{G235} prove{G1381} the spirits,{G4151} whether{G1487} they are{G2076} of{G1537} God;{G2316} because{G3754} many{G4183} false prophets{G5578} are gone out{G1831} into{G1519} the world.{G2889}
  • Heb 5:4 : 4 And{G2532} no{G3756} man{G5100} taketh{G2983} the honor{G5092} unto himself,{G1438} but{G235} when he is called{G2564} of{G5259} God,{G2316} even{G2532} as{G2509} was Aaron.{G2}
  • John 10:8-9 : 8 All that{G3956} {G3745} came{G2064} before{G4253} me{G1700} are{G1526} thieves{G2812} and{G2532} robbers:{G3027} but{G235} the sheep{G4263} did{G191} not{G3756} hear{G191} them.{G846} 9 I{G1473} am{G1510} the door;{G2374} by{G1223} me{G1700} if{G1437} any man{G5100} enter in,{G1525} he shall be saved,{G4982} and{G2532} shall go in{G1525} and{G2532} go out,{G1831} and{G2532} shall find{G2147} pasture.{G3542} 10 The thief{G2812} cometh{G2064} not,{G3756} but{G1487} that{G2443} he may steal,{G2813} and{G2532} kill,{G2380} and{G2532} destroy:{G622} I{G1473} came{G2064} that{G2443} they may have{G2192} life,{G2222} and{G2532} {G2443} may have{G2192} [it] abundantly.{G4053}
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For{G1063} they that are such{G5108} serve{G1398} not{G3756} our{G2257} Lord{G2962} {G2424} Christ,{G5547} but{G235} their own{G1438} belly;{G2836} and{G2532} by{G1223} their smooth{G5542} and{G2532} fair speech{G2129} they beguile{G1818} the hearts{G2588} of the innocent.{G172}
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware{G4337} of{G575} false prophets,{G5578} who{G3748} come{G2064} to{G4314} you{G5209} in{G1722} sheep's{G4263} clothing,{G1742} but{G1161} inwardly{G2081} are{G1526} ravening{G727} wolves.{G3074}
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And{G2532} in{G1722} covetousness{G4124} shall they{G1710} with feigned{G4112} words{G3056} make merchandise{G1710} of you:{G5209} whose{G3739} sentence{G2917} now{G691} from of old{G1597} lingereth{G691} not,{G3756} and{G2532} their{G846} destruction{G684} slumbereth{G3573} not.{G3756}
  • 1 Pet 1:10 : 10 Concerning{G4012} which{G3739} salvation{G4991} the prophets{G4396} sought{G1567} and{G2532} searched diligently,{G1830} who prophesied{G4395} of{G4012} the grace{G5485} that [should come] unto{G1519} you:{G5209}
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But{G1161} there arose{G1096} false prophets{G5578} also{G2532} among{G1722} the people,{G2992} as{G5613} among{G1722} you{G5213} also{G2532} there shall be{G2071} false teachers,{G5572} who{G3748} shall privily bring in{G3919} destructive{G684} heresies,{G139} denying{G720} even{G2532} the Master{G1203} that bought{G59} them,{G846} bringing upon{G1863} themselves{G1438} swift{G5031} destruction.{G684}
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For{G1063} such{G5108} men are false apostles,{G5570} deceitful{G1386} workers,{G2040} fashioning{G3345} themselves into{G1519} apostles{G652} of Christ.{G5547} 14 And{G2532} no{G3756} marvel;{G2298} for{G1063} even Satan{G4567} fashioneth{G3345} himself{G846} into{G1519} an angel{G32} of light.{G5457} 15 It is no{G3756} great thing{G3173} therefore{G3767} if{G1487} his{G846} ministers{G1249} also{G2532} fashion{G3345} themselves as{G5613} ministers{G1249} of righteousness,{G1343} whose{G3739} end{G5056} shall be{G2071} according to{G2596} their{G846} works.{G2041}
  • Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Wherefore{G1352} he saith,{G3004} When he ascended{G305} on{G1519} high,{G5311} he led{G162} captivity{G161} captive,{G162} And{G2532} gave{G1325} gifts{G1390} unto men.{G444} 9 (Now{G1161} this,{G3588} He{G2597} ascended,{G305} what{G5101} is it{G2076} {G1487} but{G3361} that{G3754} he{G2597} also{G2532} descended{G2597} into{G1519} the lower{G2737} parts{G3313} of the earth?{G1093} 10 He that{G3588} descended{G2597} is{G2076} the same{G846} also{G2532} that{G3588} ascended{G305} far above{G5231} all{G3956} the heavens,{G3772} that{G2443} he might fill{G4137} all things.){G3956} 11 And{G2532} he{G846} gave{G1325} some{G3303} [to be] apostles;{G652} and{G1161} some,{G3588} prophets;{G4396} and{G1161} some,{G3588} evangelists;{G2099} and{G1161} some,{G3588} pastors{G4166} and{G2532} teachers;{G1320} 12 for{G4314} the perfecting{G2677} of the saints,{G40} unto{G1519} the work{G2041} of ministering,{G1248} unto{G1519} the building{G3619} up of the body{G4983} of Christ:{G5547}
  • Matt 23:16-28 : 16 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} ye blind{G5185} guides,{G3595} that say,{G3004} Whosoever{G3739} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the temple,{G3485} it is{G2076} nothing;{G3762} but{G1161} whosoever{G3739} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the gold{G5557} of the temple,{G3485} he is a debtor.{G3784} 17 Ye fools{G3474} and{G2532} blind:{G5185} for{G1063} which{G5101} is{G2076} greater,{G3187} the gold,{G5557} or{G2228} the temple{G3485} that hath sanctified{G37} the gold?{G5557} 18 And,{G3739} Whosoever{G1437} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the altar,{G2379} it is{G2076} nothing;{G3762} but{G1161} whosoever{G302} shall swear{G3660} by{G1722} the gift{G1435} that is upon{G1883} it,{G846} he is a debtor.{G3784} 19 Ye blind:{G5185} for{G1063} which{G5101} is greater,{G3173} the gift,{G1435} or{G2228} the altar{G2379} that sanctifieth{G37} the gift?{G1435} 20 He{G3660} therefore{G3767} that sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the altar,{G2379} sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} it,{G846} and{G2532} by{G1722} all things{G3956} thereon.{G846} 21 And{G2532} he that sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the temple,{G3485} sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} it,{G846} and{G2532} by{G1722} him that dwelleth{G2730} therein.{G846} 22 And{G2532} he that sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the heaven,{G3772} sweareth{G3660} by{G1722} the throne{G2362} of God,{G2316} and{G2532} by{G1722} him that sitteth{G2521} thereon.{G846} 23 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye tithe{G586} mint{G2238} and{G2532} anise{G432} and{G2532} cummin,{G2951} and{G2532} have left undone{G863} the weightier{G926} matters of the law,{G3551} justice,{G2532} and mercy,{G1656} and{G2532} faith:{G4102} but these{G5023} ye{G1163} ought to have done,{G4160} and{G2548} not{G3361} to have left{G863} the other{G2548} undone.{G863} 24 Ye blind{G5185} guides,{G3595} that strain out{G1368} the gnat,{G2971} and{G1161} swallow{G2666} the camel!{G2574} 25 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye cleanse{G2511} the outside{G1855} of the cup{G4221} and{G2532} of the platter,{G3953} but{G1161} within{G2081} they are full{G1073} from{G1537} extortion{G724} and{G2532} excess.{G192} 26 Thou blind{G5185} Pharisee,{G5330} cleanse{G2511} first{G4412} the inside{G1787} of the cup{G4221} and{G2532} of the platter,{G3953} that{G2443} the outside{G1622} thereof{G846} may become{G1096} clean{G2513} also.{G2532} 27 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye are like unto{G3945} whited{G2867} sepulchres,{G5028} which{G3748} outwardly{G1855} appear{G5316} beautiful,{G5611} but{G1161} inwardly{G2081} are{G1073} full{G1073} of{G3747} dead{G3498} men's bones,{G3747} and{G2532} of{G3747} all{G3956} uncleanness.{G167} 28 Even so{G3779} ye{G5210} also{G2532} outwardly{G1855} appear{G5316} righteous{G1342} unto men,{G444} but{G1161} inwardly{G2081} ye are{G2075} full{G3324} of hypocrisy{G5272} and{G2532} iniquity.{G458}
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus{G2424} answered{G611} and{G2532} said{G2036} unto him,{G846} Verily,{G281} verily,{G281} I say{G3004} unto thee,{G1437} Except{G3361} one{G5100} be born{G1080} anew,{G509} he cannot{G3756} {G1410} see{G1492} the kingdom{G932} of God.{G2316}
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 and{G1161} how{G4459} shall they preach,{G1437} except{G3361} they be sent?{G649} even as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} How{G5613} beautiful{G5611} are the feet{G4228} of them that bring glad tidings{G2097} of good things!{G18}
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 His watchmen{H6822} are blind,{H5787} they are all without knowledge;{H3045} they are all dumb{H483} dogs,{H3611} they cannot{H3201} bark;{H5024} dreaming,{H1957} lying down,{H7901} loving{H157} to slumber.{H5123} 11 Yea, the dogs{H3611} are greedy,{H5794} they can{H3045} never have{H3045} enough;{H7654} and these are shepherds{H7462} that cannot understand:{H995} they have all turned{H6437} to their own way,{H1870} each one{H376} to his gain,{H1215} from every quarter.{H7097} 12 Come{H857} ye, [say they], I will fetch{H3947} wine,{H3196} and we will fill{H5433} ourselves with strong drink;{H7941} and to-morrow{H4279} shall be as this day,{H4279} [a day] great{H3966} beyond{H3499} measure.{H1419}
  • Jer 14:15 : 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} in my name,{H8034} and I sent{H7971} them not, yet they say,{H559} Sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall not be in this land:{H776} By sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall those prophets{H5030} be consumed.{H8552}
  • Jer 23:16-17 : 16 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} Hearken{H8085} not unto the words{H1697} of the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} unto you: they teach you vanity;{H1891} they speak{H1696} a vision{H2377} of their own heart,{H3820} and not out of the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah.{H3068} 17 They say{H559} continually{H559} unto them that despise{H5006} me, Jehovah{H3068} hath said,{H1696} Ye shall have peace;{H7965} and unto every one that walketh{H1980} in the stubbornness{H8307} of his own heart{H3820} they say,{H559} No evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon you.
  • Jer 23:21 : 21 I sent{H7971} not these prophets,{H5030} yet they ran:{H7323} I spake{H1696} not unto them, yet they prophesied.{H5012}
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy{H5012} lying{H8267} dreams,{H2472} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and do tell{H5608} them, and cause my people{H5971} to err{H8582} by their lies,{H8267} and by their vain boasting:{H6350} yet I sent{H7971} them not, nor commanded{H6680} them; neither do they profit{H3276} this people{H5971} at all,{H3276} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then said{H559} the prophet{H5030} Jeremiah{H3414} unto Hananiah{H2608} the prophet,{H5030} Hear{H8085} now, Hananiah:{H2608} Jehovah{H3068} hath not sent{H7971} thee; but thou makest this people{H5971} to trust{H982} in a lie.{H8267} 16 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will send{H7971} thee away from off the face{H6440} of the earth:{H127} this year{H8141} thou shalt die,{H4191} because thou hast spoken{H1696} rebellion{H5627} against Jehovah.{H3068} 17 So Hananiah{H2608} the prophet{H5030} died{H4191} the same year{H8141} in the seventh{H7637} month.{H2320}
  • Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send{H7971} to all them of the captivity,{H1473} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Shemaiah{H8098} the Nehelamite:{H5161} Because that Shemaiah{H8098} hath prophesied{H5012} unto you, and I sent{H7971} him not, and he hath caused you to trust{H982} in a lie;{H8267} 32 therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will punish{H6485} Shemaiah{H8098} the Nehelamite,{H5161} and his seed;{H2233} he shall not have a man{H376} to dwell{H3427} among{H8432} this people,{H5971} neither shall he behold{H7200} the good{H2896} that I will do{H6213} unto my people,{H5971} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} because he hath spoken{H1696} rebellion{H5627} against Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Ezek 13:2-6 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} prophesy{H5012} against the prophets{H5030} of Israel{H3478} that prophesy,{H5012} and say{H559} thou unto them that prophesy{H5030} out of their own heart,{H3820} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} 3 Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} Woe{H1945} unto the foolish{H5036} prophets,{H5030} that follow{H1980} their own spirit,{H7307} and have seen{H7200} nothing! 4 O Israel,{H3478} thy prophets{H5030} have been like foxes{H7776} in the waste places.{H2723} 5 Ye have not gone up{H5927} into the gaps,{H6556} neither built up{H1443} the wall{H1447} for the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} to stand{H5975} in the battle{H4421} in the day{H3117} of Jehovah.{H3068} 6 They have seen{H2372} falsehood{H7723} and lying{H3577} divination,{H7081} that say,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} saith;{H5002} but Jehovah{H3068} hath not sent{H7971} them: and they have made men to hope{H3176} that the word{H1697} would be confirmed.{H6965}
  • Ezek 34:2-5 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} prophesy{H5012} against the shepherds{H7462} of Israel,{H3478} prophesy,{H5012} and say{H559} unto them, even to the shepherds,{H7462} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Woe{H1945} unto the shepherds{H7462} of Israel{H3478} that do feed{H7462} themselves! should not the shepherds{H7462} feed{H7462} the sheep?{H6629} 3 Ye eat{H398} the fat,{H2459} and ye clothe{H3847} you with the wool,{H6785} ye kill{H2076} the fatlings;{H1277} but ye feed{H1277} not the sheep.{H6629} 4 The diseased{H2470} have ye not strengthened,{H2388} neither have ye healed{H7495} that which was sick,{H2470} neither have ye bound up{H2280} that which was broken,{H7665} neither have ye brought back{H7725} that which was driven away,{H5080} neither have ye sought{H1245} that which was lost;{H6} but with force{H2394} and with rigor{H6531} have ye ruled{H7287} over them. 5 And they were scattered,{H6327} because there was no shepherd;{H7462} and they became food{H402} to all the beasts{H2416} of the field,{H7704} and were scattered.{H6327}
  • Zech 11:4-5 : 4 Thus said{H559} Jehovah{H3068} my God:{H430} Feed{H7462} the flock{H6629} of slaughter;{H2028} 5 whose possessors{H7069} slay{H2026} them, and hold themselves not guilty;{H816} and they that sell{H4376} them say,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} for I am rich;{H6238} and their own shepherds{H7462} pity{H2550} them not.
  • Zech 11:16-17 : 16 For, lo, I will raise up{H6965} a shepherd{H7462} in the land,{H776} who will not visit{H6485} those that are cut off,{H3582} neither will seek{H1245} those that are scattered,{H5289} nor heal{H7495} that which is broken,{H7665} nor feed{H3557} that which is sound;{H5324} but he will eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of the fat{H1277} [sheep], and will tear{H6561} their hoofs{H6541} in pieces.{H6561} 17 Woe{H1945} to the worthless{H457} shepherd{H7473} that leaveth{H5800} the flock!{H6629} the sword{H2719} shall be upon his arm,{H2220} and upon his right{H3225} eye:{H5869} his arm{H2220} shall be clean{H3001} dried up,{H3001} and his right{H3225} eye{H5869} shall be utterly{H3543} darkened.{H3543}
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 whose{G3739} mouths{G1993} must{G1163} be stopped;{G1993} men who{G3748} overthrow{G396} whole{G3650} houses,{G3624} teaching{G1321} things which{G3739} they ought{G1163} not,{G3361} for{G5484} filthy{G150} lucre's{G2771} sake.{G5484}
  • 2 Pet 2:14-19 : 14 having{G2192} eyes{G3788} full{G3324} of adultery,{G3428} and{G2532} that cannot cease{G180} from sin;{G266} enticing{G1185} unstedfast{G793} souls;{G2192} having a heart{G2588} exercised{G1128} in covetousness;{G4124} children{G5043} of cursing;{G2671} 15 forsaking{G2641} the right{G2117} way,{G3598} they went astray,{G4105} having followed{G1811} the way{G3598} of Balaam{G903} the [son] of Beor,{G1007} who{G3739} loved{G25} the hire{G3408} of wrong-doing;{G93} 16 but{G1161} he was{G2192} rebuked{G1649} for{G3892} his{G2398} own transgression:{G3892} a dumb{G880} ass{G5268} spake{G5350} with{G1722} man's{G444} voice{G5456} and stayed{G2967} the madness{G3913} of the prophet.{G4396} 17 These{G3778} are{G1526} springs{G4077} without water,{G504} and mists{G3507} driven{G1643} by{G5259} a storm;{G2978} for whom{G3739} the blackness{G2217} of darkness{G4655} hath been reserved.{G5083} 18 For,{G1063} uttering{G5350} great swelling{G5246} [words] of vanity,{G3153} they entice{G1185} in{G1722} the lusts{G1939} of the flesh,{G4561} by lasciviousness,{G766} those who are just{G3689} escaping{G668} from them that live{G390} in{G1722} error;{G4106} 19 promising{G1861} them{G846} liberty,{G1657} while they themselves{G846} are{G5225} bondservants{G1401} of corruption;{G5356} for{G1063} of whom{G3739} a man{G5100} is overcome,{G2274} of the same{G5129} is he also brought into bondage.{G1402}