John 10:2

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
  • John 10:7 : 7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
  • John 10:11-12 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
  • Ps 80:1 : 1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their 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 shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 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 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
  • Zech 11:5 : 5 Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "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 which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies. 1 "To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; 3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; 5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?) 6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Don't 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 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:1
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    1"Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

  • John 10:3-16
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    3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

    4Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

    5They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."

    6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

    7Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

    8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

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

    10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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

    12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

    13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

    14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;

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

    16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

  • John 10:26-27
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    26But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

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  • Ezek 34:7-10
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    72%

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

    8As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep;

    9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

    10Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

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    20This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.

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    1Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

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  • Luke 13:24-25
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    24"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

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  • John 18:16
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  • Matt 25:10-11
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    10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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

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    6Jesus 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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  • Luke 15:3-4
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    3He told them this parable.

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    2Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

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    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?

  • Zech 11:16
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    16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

  • Jer 23:1
    69%

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

  • Matt 25:32
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    32Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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    4Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.

  • 1 Pet 2:25
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    25For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

  • Isa 26:2
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    2Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
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    2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

  • Matt 10:6
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    6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Acts 20:29
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    29For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

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

  • Ps 24:7
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    7Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.