John 10:5

And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

In Context

4And when he puts his own sheep out, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.

6This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they knew not the meaning of the things which he spoke to them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:18Take heed, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he seems to have shall be taken from him.

Colossians 2:6As, therefore, you received Christ Jesus our Lord, so walk in him,

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching, but according to their own desires they will procure for themselves an abundance of teachers to gratify their itching ears:

1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us: for, if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world: therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19

The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, 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. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →

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