John 10:6
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
5But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
7Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
Cross References
Psalms 82:5They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.
Proverbs 28:5Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.
Isaiah 56:11And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
Matthew 13:13Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
John 6:52If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
John 7:36What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me and shall not find me? And: Where I am, you cannot come?
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 →