John 10:9

I am the gate; by me if any man enter, he shall live and shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

In Context

8and all those who have come were thieves and robbers, but the flock heard them not.

10The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that which is more.

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Cross References

John 10:1AMEN, amen, I say to you, Whosoever entereth not by the door into the fold of the flock, but ascendeth by another place, he is a thief and a robber.

John 14:6Jeshu saith to him, I (am) the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto my Father unless by 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 →

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