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John 10:8
All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
John 10:8 · Berean Standard Bible
John 10:8 in other translations
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
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In context
5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
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.
8 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.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
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