John 10:6
When Jesus gave this illustration those who were listening to him didn't understand what he meant.
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7So Jesus explained again, “I tell you the truth: I am the gate of the sheep.
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Psalms 82:5They don't have any wisdom; they live in the dark; the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Proverbs 28:5Evil people understand nothing about justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.
Isaiah 56:11They're greedy dogs that are never satisfied. They're sheepdogs who don't know their job. All of them go their own way, each of them looking out for themselves.
Matthew 13:13That's why I speak to them in illustrations. For even though they see, they don't see; and even though they hear, they don't hear; nor do they understand.
John 6:52Then the Jews argued heatedly among themselves. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
John 7:36What does he mean by saying, ‘You'll search for me but you won't find me; and you can't come where I'm going’?”
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 →