John 10:5

But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”

Majority Standard Bible

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

4When he has brought out his own sheep, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

6Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:27If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Luke 8:18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

Colossians 2:6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, 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 →

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