John 10:3
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
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In The King James Version
In Context
2But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Cross References
Psalms 23:2For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.
Psalms 80:1Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself.
Isaiah 40:11He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.
Isaiah 49:9so that you would say to those who are bound, “Go forth!” and to those who are in darkness, “Be released!” They will pasture along the roads, and their pastures will be in every open place.
Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will lead them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, she who is with child, together with she who is giving birth: a great assembly returning to this place.
Ezekiel 34:11For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit 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 →