John 10:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.”
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“All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 10:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Zechariah 11:4This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
- Zechariah 11:16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
- John 10:1“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- John 10:5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
- John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Acts 5:36Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
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