John 10:9

I am the Door; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.

10The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.

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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 14:6Jesus answered: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through 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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