John 10:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Verily, verily, I say unto you:––He that entereth not, through the door, into the fold of the sheep, but goeth up from another place, that man, is, a thief, and, a robber.

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber. ¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand: ¹² Come ye! I will fetch wine, Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,––And, like this day, shall, tomorrow, be––Great beyond measure!

¹⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are prophesying in my Name, though, I, sent them not, and yet, they, have been saying, Neither sword nor famine, shall there be in this land,––By sword or by famine, shall, those, prophets, be consumed;

¹⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,––Do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are prophesying unto you, They, are filling you, with vain, hopes,––The vision of their own hearts, do they speak, Not from the mouth of Yahweh! ¹⁷ They keep on saying to them who despise me, Yahweh, hath spoken, [saying], Prosperity, shall ye have! And, to every one who is going on in the stubbornness of his own heart, have they said, There shall come on you, no calamity;

²¹ I sent not the prophets, yet, they, ran, I spake not unto them, yet, they, prophesied.

³² Behold me! against such as prophesy the dreams of falsehood, Declareth Yahweh, who have related them, and led astray my people, with their falsehoods and with their recklessness,––whereas, I, had not sent them, nor commanded them, so that they could be of no, profit, to this people, Declareth Yahweh.

¹⁵ Then said Jeremiah the prophet unto Hananiah the prophet,––Hear, I pray thee, Hananiah: Yahweh, hath not sent thee, Thou, therefore, hast caused this people to trust in falsehood! ¹⁶ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! driving thee away from off the face of the ground,––This year, art thou, to die, Because, revolt, hast thou spoken against Yahweh. ¹⁷ So Hananiah the prophet, died, the same year, in the seventh month.

³¹ Send thou unto all them of the captivity, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite,––Because Shemaiah, hath prophesied to you, when, I, had not sent him, And hath caused you to trust in falsehood, ³² Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh,––Behold me! bringing punishment upon Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and upon his seed, He shall have no man to dwell in the midst of this people, Nor shall he see the good that I am about to do for my people, Declareth Yahweh; Because, revolt, hath he spoken against Yahweh.

² Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying,––and say unto them who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Yahweh, ³ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Alas for the base prophets,––who follow their own spirit, and have seen, nothing. ⁴ As jackals, among ruins, thy prophets, O Israel, have been. ⁵ Ye have not gone up into the breaches, Nor built a wall about the house of Israel,––to stand in the battle, in the day of Yahweh. ⁶ They have had, Visions of falsehood, and, Divinations of lies, Who say, Declareth Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not sent them,––Yet have they waited for a fulfilling of the word.

² Son of man, Prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,––Prophesy, and thou shalt say unto them, even to the shepherds––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Alas! for the shepherds of Israel who have been tending, themselves, Is it not, the flock, that the shepherds should tend? ³ The milk, ye do eat, And, with the wool, ye do clothe yourselves, The well–fed, ye do sacrifice, The flock, ye do not tend: ⁴ The weak, have ye not strengthened, And, the sick, have ye not healed, And, the torn, have ye not bound up, And, that which was driven out, have ye not brought back, And, that which was straying, have ye not sought out; But, with force, have ye ruled them, and with rigour. ⁵ And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; And they became food for every wild beast of the field, So were they scattered.

⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh my God,––Tend thou the flock doomed to slaughter: ⁵ Whose, buyers, slay them, and are not held guilty, and whose, sellers, say––Blessed be Yahweh, that I am become rich, And so, their own shepherds, have no pity upon them.

¹⁶ For lo! I am raising up a shepherd in the land, the disappearing, will he not visit, the straying, will he not seek, and, the fractured, will he not bind up,––the weak, will he not nourish, but, the flesh of the fat, will he eat, and, their hoofs, will he break in pieces. ¹⁷ Alas! for my worthless shepherd, who forsaketh the flock, A sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye!––his arm, shall be, utterly withered, and, his right eye, shall be, wholly darkened.

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, who come unto you in clothing of sheep,––while, within, they are ravening wolves.

¹⁶ Alas for you, blind guides! that say––Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound: ¹⁷ Foolish and blind! for which is, greater, The gold, or the Temple that hath hallowed the gold? ¹⁸ And, whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound: ¹⁹ Blind! for which is greater, The gift, or the altar that halloweth the gift? ²⁰ He therefore that hath sworn by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it; ²¹ And, he that hath sworn by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him who dwelleth therein; ²² And, he that hath sworn by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth thereupon. ²³ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin,––and have dismissed the weightier matters of the law––the justice, the mercy, and the faith; whereas, these, it was binding, to do, and, those, not to, dismiss. ²⁴ Blind guides! Straining out the gnat, but, the camel, swallowing. ²⁵ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish,––while, within, they are full of plunder and intemperance. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! cleanse, first, the inside, of the cup [and of the dish], that, the outside thereof, may become, clean. ²⁷ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye make yourselves like sepulchres whitewashed, which, outside, indeed, appear, beautiful, but, within, are full, of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness,–– ²⁸ Thus, ye also, outside, indeed, appear to men, righteous, but, within, are full, of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

³ Jesus answered, and said unto him––Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁸ All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them. ⁹ I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find. ¹⁰ The thief, cometh not, save that he may thieve and slay and destroy: I, came, that, life, they might have, and, above measure, might have.

¹⁵ And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? Even as it is written––How beautiful the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

¹³ For, such as these, are false apostles, deceitful workers, transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel! for, Satan himself, doth transfigure himself into a messenger of light! ¹⁵ No great thing, therefore, if, his ministers also, are transfiguring themselves as ministers of righteousness!––whose end, shall be according to their works.

⁸ Wherefore he saith––Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, [and] gave gifts unto men. ⁹ Now this, He ascended; what is it,––save––that he also descended into the under parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He that descended, he, it is who also ascended over–above all the heavens, that he might fill all things; ¹¹ And, he, gave––some, indeed, to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers,–– ¹² With a view to the fitting of the saints for the work of ministering, for an upbuilding of the body of the Christ;

¹¹ Whose mouths must needs be stopped, men who are upsetting whole houses, teaching the things which ought not [to be taught]––for the sake of base gain.

⁴ And, not unto himself, doth one take the honour, but when called by God, just as, even Aaron:

¹⁰ Concerning which salvation, prophets––who concerning the favour for you, did prophesy––sought out and searched out,

¹ But there arose false–prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false–teachers,––men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction;

³ And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.

¹⁴ Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,––children of a curse,–– ¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong, ¹⁶ But had, a reproof, of his own transgression, a dumb beast of burden, in man’s voice, finding utterance, forbade the prophet’s madness. ¹⁷ These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along,––for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved; ¹⁸ For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings––in wanton ways––them who are, well–nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour; ¹⁹ Promising, freedom to them, they themselves, being all the while, slaves of corruption,––for, by whom one hath been defeated, by the same, hath he become enslaved,––

¹ Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.