John 10:9

I am the door: and if any enter by me, he will live, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

8All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but the flock did not hear them.

10The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I have come, that they may have life, and may have that which is excellent.

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Cross References

John 10:1Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who doth not enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber.

John 14:6Jesus said to him: I am the way, and truth, and life: no one cometh unto my Father, but 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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