John 10:7-9

7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.

9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.^[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

John 10:7 in Other Translations

7 Then said Jesus unto them again,Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

7 So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

7 so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.

7 So he tried again. "I'll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep.

7 So Jesus said again, "I assure you: I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:7-9 In-Context

5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.

7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.

9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.They 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 to the full.

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Cross References

• 1. S John 6:35
• 2. ver 9
• 3. Jeremiah 23:1,2; Ezekiel 34:2
• 4. ver 1

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "kept safe"