John 10:8
All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
7Then Jesus addressed them again: “Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Cross References
John 10:1“Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same 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 →