John 10:8

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

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  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them– to the shepherds:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
  • Ezek 22:25-28 : 25 Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it. 26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst. 27 Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey– shedding blood and destroying lives– so they can get dishonest profit. 28 Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
  • John 10:1 : 1 Jesus as the Good Shepherd“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
  • John 10:5 : 5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • Acts 5:36 : 36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
  • Zech 11:4-9 : 4 The LORD my God says this:“Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter. 5 Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say,‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.’ Their own shepherds have no compassion for them. 6 Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land,” says the LORD,“but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.” 7 So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one“Pleasantness” and the other“Union,” and I tended the flock. 8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well. 9 I then said,“I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other’s flesh!”
  • Zech 11:16 : 16 Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze. 11 The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain. 12 Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 New Leaders over a Regathered Remnant The LORD says,“The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.

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  • John 10:1-7
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    85%

    1Jesus as the Good Shepherd“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

    2The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

    3The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

    5They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”

    6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

    7So Jesus said again,“I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

  • John 10:9-16
    8 verses
    82%

    9I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

    10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

    11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

    13Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

    14“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me–

    15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep.

    16I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

  • John 10:25-29
    5 verses
    78%

    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

    26But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

    27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

    28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.

    29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.

  • Matt 7:15
    74%

    15A Tree and Its Fruit“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

  • Ezek 34:6-10
    5 verses
    71%

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

    7“‘Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the LORD’s message:

    8As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

    9Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the LORD’s message:

    10This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.

  • John 8:12
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    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • John 14:6
    70%

    6Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  • John 8:47
    70%

    47The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

  • Mark 14:48
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    48Jesus said to them,“Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

  • John 18:8
    70%

    8Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”

  • Jer 23:1
    69%

    1New Leaders over a Regathered Remnant The LORD says,“The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.

  • Mark 14:27
    69%

    27The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then Jesus said to them,“You will all fall away, for it is written,‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

  • Luke 15:3
    69%

    3So Jesus told them this parable:

  • Matt 26:31
    68%

    31The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then Jesus said to them,“This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

  • Matt 25:32
    68%

    32All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

  • John 7:28
    68%

    28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

  • John 8:20
    68%

    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • Matt 10:6
    68%

    6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • John 5:43
    68%

    43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

  • John 8:23
    68%

    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

  • John 6:45
    68%

    45It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

  • Ezek 34:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them– to the shepherds:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

    3You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

  • Luke 6:47
    68%

    47“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like:

  • Matt 7:6
    68%

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

  • John 8:26
    68%

    26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • Ps 23:1
    68%

    1A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

  • John 8:28
    68%

    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

  • Luke 10:30
    67%

    30Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.