John 10:6

This illustration Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. 1 I AM the Good Shepherd

English Majority Text (NT)

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 by no means follow a stranger, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

7Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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Cross References

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

John 6:52Therefore the Jews were contending with one another, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

John 7:36What is this thing which He said, ‘You will seek Me and you will not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?” 1 The Promise of the Holy Spirit

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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