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.
Parallel translations
- KJV I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- BSB I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- NKJV I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
- NASB I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
- NLT Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
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- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Eph 2:18For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- John 10:7Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
- John 10:1“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- Rom 5:1–2Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Ps 100:3–4Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Ps 95:7for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
- Ps 23:1–6A Psalm by David. Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
- Ezek 34:12–16As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
- Isa 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
- Isa 49:9–10saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
- Heb 10:19–22Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
- Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.
- Ps 80:1–3For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
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