John 10:8
all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
7Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:1Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Ezekiel 34:2'Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe [to] the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?
Zechariah 11:4Thus said Jehovah my God: 'Feed the flock of the slaughter,
John 10:1'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;
John 10:27according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, 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 →