John 10:8
All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
7Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?
Zechariah 11:4Thus says the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,
John 10:1“Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.
Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19
The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →