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John 10:6

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

In Context

5And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.

7Therefore Jesus spoke again to them: Verily, verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.

John 6:52The Jews, therefore, contended among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 7:36What means this saying which he uttered, You will seek me, and will not find me; and, Where I am you can not come?

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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