John 10:8

⁶ Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

⁷ So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

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

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

¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
KJV: All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
WEB: All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
ASV: All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
DARBY: All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
BLB: All, as many as came before Me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

ÅB: Alle de som er kommet før meg, er tyver og røvere; men sauene har ikke hørt dem.
OTB: Alle som kom før meg var som tyver og røvere, men sauene hørte ikke på dem.
B1930: Alle de som er kommet før mig, er tyver og røvere; men fårene har ikke hørt dem.

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?
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Jeremiah 23:1
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
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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.
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Ezekiel 22:25–28
The 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.
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Isaiah 56:10–12
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
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John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
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Acts 5:36
Some 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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John 10:5
But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
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