John 10:5
But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:27Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
Luke 8:18Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath, shall be taken away from him.
Colossians 2:6As therefore you have received Jesus Christ the Lord, walk ye in him;
2 Timothy 4:3For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears:
1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us; but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us.
1 John 4:5They are of the world: therefore of the world they speak, and the world heareth 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 →