Verse 2

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

Referenced Verses

  • John 10:14 : 14 `I am the good shepherd, and I know my `sheep', and am known by mine,
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 `Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 And the God of the peace, who did bring up out of the dead the great shepherd of the sheep -- in the blood of an age-during covenant -- our Lord Jesus,
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah `is' my shepherd, I do not lack,
  • John 10:7 : 7 Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;
  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
  • John 10:11-12 : 11 `I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep; 12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
  • Ps 80:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth,
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 Words of the wise `are' as goads, and as fences planted `by' the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth `them': Suckling ones He leadeth.
  • Isa 63:11 : 11 And He remembereth the days of old, Moses -- his people. Where `is' He who is bringing them up from the sea, The shepherd of his flock? Where `is' He who is putting in its midst His Holy Spirit?
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them -- my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 And this `one' hath been peace, Asshur! when he doth come into our land, And when he doth tread in our palaces, We have raised against him seven shepherds, And eight anointed of man.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
  • Zech 11:5 : 5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed `is' Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero -- My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies. 1 `To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands -- the golden:
  • 1 Tim 3:2-7 : 2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, 3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money, 4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, 5 (and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?) 6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil; 7 and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;