John 10:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

All who came before me   are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:2

‘Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, “This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves!  Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?

John 10:1

‘Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.

Jeremiah 23:1

‘Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! ’  This is the Lord’s declaration.

Acts 5:36

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and came to nothing.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

John 10:5

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.’

Zechariah 11:16

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are perishing, and he will not seek the lost  or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy,  but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep  and tear off their hooves.

Zephaniah 3:3

The  princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for   the morning.