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John 10:6

Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

5But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

7Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.

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Cross References

Psalms 82:5They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”

Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.

Isaiah 56:11And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:

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

John 6:52If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.”

John 7:36What is this word that he spoke, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me; and where I am, you are not able to go?’”

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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