John 10:8
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
7Yeshua therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the LORD.
Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?
Zechariah 11:4The LORD my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.
John 10:1“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, 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 →