All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them.
In context
6Jesus told them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7So Jesus spoke again: “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved; he will come in and go out, and he will find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal, to slaughter, and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
