KJV King James Version
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 10:9
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
WEB World English Bible
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
ASV American Standard Version
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
Surrounding context — John 10
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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ἐγώG1473 · egōI/weεἰμιG1510 · eimito beἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoθύρα·G2374 · thuradoorδι᾽G1223 · diathrough/because ofἐμοῦG1473 · egōI/weἐάνG1437 · eanifτιςG5100 · tisoneεἰσέλθῃ,G1525 · eiserchomaito enterσωθήσεταιG4982 · sōzōto saveκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἰσελεύσεταιG1525 · eiserchomaito enterκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐξελεύσεταιG1831 · exerchomaito go outκαὶG2532 · kaiandνομὴνG3542 · nomēpastureεὑρήσει.G2147 · ehuriskōto find/meet
Cross-references
John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.Ephesians 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.John 10:7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.Romans 5:1-2Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:Psalm 100:3-4Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Psalm 95:7For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,Psalm 23:1-6A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.Isaiah 49:9-10That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that [are] in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] in all high places.Ezekiel 34:12-16As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young.Hebrews 10:19-22Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.Psalm 80:1-3To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
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