Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Holman Bible
A Conservative Version
All, as many as came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
American Standard Version
All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
All those who came before me were thieves and robbers and the sheep did not listen to them.
Anderson New Testament
All that came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
Bible in Basic English
All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
Common New Testament
All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they who have personated me, are all thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not follow them.
Darby Translation
All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
Godbey New Testament
All so many as came were thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Goodspeed New Testament
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep would not obey them.
John Wesley New Testament
Whosoever are come before me, are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
Julia Smith Translation
All who came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep heard them not.
King James 2000
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All those who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep do not listen to them.
Modern King James verseion
All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All, even as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Moffatt New Testament
all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.
Montgomery New Testament
"All that came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
NET Bible
All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
New Heart English Bible
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
Noyes New Testament
All those who came are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
Sawyer New Testament
All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them.
The Emphasized Bible
All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them.
Twentieth Century New Testament
All who came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to them.
Webster
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Weymouth New Testament
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them.
Williams New Testament
All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them.
World English Bible
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
Worrell New Testament
All who came before Me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
Worsley New Testament
All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not regard them.
Youngs Literal Translation
all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches people (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The good shepherd
Life » Jesus Christ giving life
Love » God the father and jesus Christ loving each other
Sheep » Figurative » Of the righteous
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
Shepherd » Figurative » Of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Theft » Illustrates the guilt of false teachers
Interlinear
Pas
Hosos
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 10:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus As The Good Shepherd
7 So again Jesus said, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, I'm the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep didn't listen to them. 9 I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 34:2
"Son of Man, prophesy against Israel's shepherds. Tell those shepherds, "This is what the Lord GOD says:
John 10:1
"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the person who doesn't enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.
Isaiah 56:10-12
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
Jeremiah 23:1
"How terrible for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:25-28
There's a conspiracy of prophets within her, and like a roaring lion tearing its prey, they've devoured people, and confiscated treasures, and taken precious things. They've added to the population of widows within her.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning.
Zechariah 11:4-9
This is what the LORD my God says: "Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.
Zechariah 11:16
for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs."
John 10:5
They'll never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they don't recognize the voice of strangers."
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.
Acts 5:36
For in the recent past Theudas appeared, claiming that he was important, and about 400 men joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared.