John 10:3
The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
2He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.
Cross References
Psalms 23:2He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
Psalms 80:1To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
Isaiah 40:11He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Isaiah 49:9Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
Jeremiah 31:8See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.
Ezekiel 34:11For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.
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 →