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John 10:8–9

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All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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From verse 8

  1. Ezekiel 34:2Rank 1 from verse 8
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    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

  2. Jeremiah 23:1Rank 2 from verse 8
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    1WOE be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

  3. John 10:1Rank 3 from verse 8
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    1VERILY, 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.

  4. Acts 5:36Rank 4 from verse 8
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    36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

  5. Ezekiel 22:25–28Rank 5 from verse 8
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    25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

    26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

    27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

    28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.

  6. Isaiah 56:10–12Rank 6 from verse 8
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    10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

    11Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

    12Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

  7. John 10:27Rank 7 from verse 8
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  8. John 10:5Rank 8 from verse 8
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    5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

  9. Zechariah 11:16Rank 9 from verse 8
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    16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

  10. Zechariah 11:4–9Rank 10 from verse 8
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    4Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

    5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

    6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

    7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

    8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

    9Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

  11. Zephaniah 3:3Rank 11 from verse 8
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    3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

From verse 9

  1. John 14:6Rank 1 from verse 9
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  2. Ephesians 2:18Rank 2 from verse 9
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    18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

  3. John 10:7Rank 3 from verse 9
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    7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

  4. John 10:1Rank 4 from verse 9
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    1VERILY, 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.

  5. Romans 5:1–2Rank 5 from verse 9
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

    2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  6. Psalms 100:3–4Rank 6 from verse 9
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    3Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

    4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

  7. Psalms 95:7Rank 7 from verse 9
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    7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

  8. Psalms 23:1–6Rank 8 from verse 9
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    1THE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

    3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

    4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

    5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

    6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

  9. Ezekiel 34:12–16Rank 9 from verse 9
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    12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

    13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

    14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

    15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.

    16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

  10. Isaiah 40:11Rank 10 from verse 9
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    11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

  11. Isaiah 49:9–10Rank 11 from verse 9
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    9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

    10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

  12. Hebrews 10:19–22Rank 12 from verse 9
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    19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

    20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

    21And having an high priest over the house of God;

    22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

  13. Zechariah 10:12Rank 13 from verse 9
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    12And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

  14. Psalms 80:1–3Rank 14 from verse 9
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    1GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

    2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

    3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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John 10:8

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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John 10:9

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

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10:7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

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10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

10:12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

10:13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

10:15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

10:18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

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