John 10:7 Cross References

John 10:7

7: so he explained it to them. "I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep," he said.

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

"I assure you, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!

Now all of us, both Jews and Gentiles, may come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.

Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. Wherever they go, they will find green pastures.

You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God, says the Sovereign LORD."

Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.

"If you had one hundred sheep, and one of them strayed away and was lost in the wilderness, wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine others to go and search for the lost one until you found it?
And then you would joyfully carry it home on your shoulders.
When you arrived, you would call together your friends and neighbors to rejoice with you because your lost sheep was found.

And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven's Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.
This is the new, life-giving way that Christ has opened up for us through the sacred curtain, by means of his death for us.
And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's people,
let us go right into the presence of God, with true hearts fully trusting him. For our evil consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the sheep under his care. Oh, that you would listen to his voice today!

Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

All of us have strayed away like sheep. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the guilt and sins of us all.

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