John 10:5

and they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.”

Literal Standard Version

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 may put forth his own sheep, he goes on before them, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

6Jesus spoke this allegory to them, and they did not know what the things were that He was speaking to them;

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear instruction—To err from sayings of knowledge.

Luke 8:18See, therefore, how you hear, for whoever may have, there will be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seems to have will be taken from him.”

Colossians 2:6as, then, you received Christ Jesus the LORD, walk in Him,

2 Timothy 4:3for there will be a season when they will not endure the sound teaching, but they will heap up teachers according to their own desires—having an itching ear,

1 John 2:19they went forth out of us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but [they went out] so that they might be revealed that they are not all of us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world, because they speak of this from the world, and the world hears 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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