John 10:8
All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.
Twentieth Century 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
7So he continued: “In truth I tell you, I am the Door for the sheep.
9I am the Door; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.
Cross References
John 10:1In truth I tell you, whoever does not go into the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up at some other place, that man is a thief and a robber;
John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice; 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 →