John 10:5

But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

Darby Translation

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

4When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

6This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

Luke 8:18Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.

Colossians 2:6As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

2 Timothy 4:3For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;

1 John 2:19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.

1 John 4:5*They* are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] 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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