John 10:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ezek 34:2 : 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?
  • Ezek 22:25-28 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst. 26 Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken.
  • John 10:1 : 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 10:5 : 5 But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • Acts 5:36 : 36 For before these days, Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: he was slain; and all who obeyed him were scattered and brought to nothing.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
  • Zech 11:4-9 : 4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter. 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. 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD. But behold, I will deliver every man into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They shall strike the land, and I will not deliver them out of their hand. 7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I also cut off three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then I said, I will not feed you. Let what dies die, and what is to be cut off, let it be cut off. Let those that remain eat each other's flesh.
  • Zech 11:16 : 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.
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory. 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

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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.

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

    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.

  • John 10:9-16
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    82%

    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.

  • John 10:25-29
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    25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

    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.

    28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.

    29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

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

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    6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.

    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.

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

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    47 He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.

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    48 And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and clubs to take me?

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

  • Mark 14:27
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    27 And Jesus said to them, All of you will be offended because of me this night, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

  • Luke 15:3
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    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.

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    20 These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him; for his hour had not yet come.

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

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    23 And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

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    45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught by God. Every man therefore who has heard, and has learned from the Father, comes to me.

  • Ezek 34:2-3
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    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?

    3 You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock.

  • Luke 6:47
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    47 Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:

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    6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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    26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

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

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    30 And Jesus answered and said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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