John 10:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you 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 up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive a crown of glory that does not fade away.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.
  • John 10:7 : 7 Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door; if anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will go in and out, and find pasture.
  • John 10:11-12 : 11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
  • Ps 80:1 : 1 Listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
  • Isa 63:11 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit within him?
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian comes into our land and when he treads in our palaces. Then we shall raise against him seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 There is the sound of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. The sound of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.
  • Zech 11:5 : 5 Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 I also cut off three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches. 1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;
  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all respectfulness; 5 For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—

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  • 1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

  • John 10:3-16
    14 verses
    88%

    3 To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4 And when he has sent out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

    5 But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.

    6 This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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

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

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

    10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.

    11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

    12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

    13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.

    14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own.

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

    16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

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    26 But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you.

    27 My sheep hear my voice, and 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 I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;

    9 Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

    10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

  • 20 This is the gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

  • Ps 23:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.

    2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.

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    24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

    25 When once the master of the house has arisen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from:

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

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    10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.

    11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

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

  • 17 Who may go out before them and who may come in before them, who may lead them out and who may 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 by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go in by it.

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    12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that has gone astray?

    13 And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.

  • Luke 15:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

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

  • 2 Then the LORD said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it, therefore it shall be shut.

  • 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

  • 16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.

  • 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

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

  • 4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

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

  • 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

  • 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

  • 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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

  • 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

  • 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.