John 10:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.

John 10:8 Cross References

Jeremiah 23:1

“Woe to the shepherds destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” declares יהוה.

Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Yisra’ĕ

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.

Zechariah 11:16

“For look, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who does not visit those straying, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he does eat the flesh of the fat and tear off their hooves.

John 10:1

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up by another way, that one is a thief and a robber.

John 10:27

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

John 10:5

“And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

Acts 5:36

“For before these days Toḏ