All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 10:8 in context
John 10:5–11
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They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
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Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
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Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
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I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
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The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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