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John 10:5

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

King James Version with Apocrypha

In The King James Version

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

In Context

4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Luke 8:18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

Colossians 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth 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 →

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