John 10:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.

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  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?
  • Ezek 22:25-28 : 25 Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her. 26 Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them. 27 Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit. 28 And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.
  • John 10:1 : 1 Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.
  • John 10:5 : 5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
  • Acts 5:36 : 36 For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
  • Zech 11:4-9 : 4 This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death; 5 Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them. 6 For I will have no more pity for the people of the land, says the Lord; but I will give up everyone into his neighbour's hand and into the hand of his king: and they will make the land waste, and I will not keep them safe from their hands. 7 So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock. 8 And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me. 9 And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.
  • Zech 11:16 : 16 For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep. 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same. 12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.

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    1 Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

    2 He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

    3 The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

    4 When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

    5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

    6 In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

    7 So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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    9 I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.

    10 The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

    11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

    12 He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

    13 Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

    14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

    15 Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

    16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

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    26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

    27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

    28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

    29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

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    6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

    7 For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

    8 By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;

    9 For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

    10 This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

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    2 Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

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