John 10:2

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But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 A psalm of David: The LORD is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.
  • John 10:7 : 7 So Jesus said to them again, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the door for the sheep.'
  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, they will be saved; they will come in and go out, and find pasture.
  • John 10:11-12 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.
  • Ps 80:1 : 1 For the director of music, to the tune of 'Lilies', a testimony of Asaph, a psalm.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and their collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
  • Isa 63:11 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who set his Holy Spirit among them,
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with drawn blades. He will deliver us from Assyria when they invade our land and march across our borders.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 Listen! The wailing of the shepherds, because their glory is ruined. Listen! The roar of the lions, for the pride of the Jordan is devastated.
  • Zech 11:5 : 5 Their buyers slaughter them without remorse, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds show no pity on them.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds. My soul was impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity. 5 (For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?) 6 He must not be a recent convert, so that he does not become conceited and fall into the judgment of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he won't fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 I left you in Crete for this reason, so that you might set in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you.

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  • 1 Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way is a thief and a robber.

  • John 10:3-16
    14 verses
    88%

    3 The gatekeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

    5 They will not follow a stranger; rather, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.

    6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

    7 So Jesus said to them again, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the door for the sheep.'

    8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

    9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, they will be saved; they will come in and go out, and find pasture.

    10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

    11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.

    13 The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep.

    14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me.

    15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep.

    16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

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    26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.

    27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

  • Ezek 34:7-10
    4 verses
    72%

    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

    8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,

    9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

    10 This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from their hand and stop them from shepherding My flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, so it will no longer be food for them.'

  • 20 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.

  • Ps 23:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 A psalm of David: The LORD is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.

    2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

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    24 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

    25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

  • 16 But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

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    10 While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

    11 Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’

  • 15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • 17 to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.

  • 6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'

  • 13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the path is broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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    12 What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?

    13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

  • Luke 15:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 So He told them this parable, saying:

    4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

  • 2 And the LORD said to me, 'This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one may enter through it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore, it shall remain shut.'

  • 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

  • 16 For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.'

  • 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.

  • 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

  • 4 This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’

  • 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

  • 2 Open the gates so that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.

  • 2 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

  • 6 Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

  • 9 Lift up your heads, you gates, be lifted up, you everlasting doors, that the King of glory may enter.

  • 7 Lift up your heads, you gates, be lifted up, you everlasting doors, that the King of glory may enter.