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John 10:6

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

King James Version with Apocrypha

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

5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

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Cross References

Psalms 82:5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Proverbs 28:5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Isaiah 56:11Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Matthew 13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

John 6:52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 7:36What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye 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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