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John 10:6

Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

Berean Standard Bible

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 will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”

7So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

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Cross References

Psalms 82:5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Matthew 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

John 6:52At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

John 7:36What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will 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 →

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