John 10:5
They won't follow strangers. In fact they run away from a stranger because they don't recognize the voice of strangers.”
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6When Jesus gave this illustration those who were listening to him didn't understand what he meant.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:27My son, stop listening to my instruction and you'll soon give up following wisdom.
Luke 8:18So pay attention how you ‘hear.’ To those who have received, more will be given; from those who don't receive, even what they think they have will be taken away!”
Colossians 2:6Just as you accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, go on following him,
2 Timothy 4:3For the time is coming when people won't bother to listen to true teaching. Instead they will be curious to listen to something different, and will surround themselves with teachers who'll tell them what they want to hear.
1 John 2:19They left us, but they didn't belong with us, for if they did, they would have remained with us. When they left they showed that none of them belonged with us.
1 John 4:5They belong to the world, so they speak like people of the world, and the world listens to 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 →