John 10:26
But instead, you do not believe in me because you do not belong to me. You are like [MET] sheep who belong to a different shepherd.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
In Context
Cross References
John 6:37All the people that my Father entrusts to me will come to me, and I will certainly ◄welcome/never send away► [LIT] anyone who comes to me.
John 6:65Then he continued by saying, “That is why I told you that only those whom my Father has enabled to believe in me will come to me and receive eternal life.”
John 10:4After he has brought out all his own sheep, he goes in front of them. His sheep follow him because they recognize and pay attention to his voice.
John 12:37Although he had done many miracles while people were watching, most of them refused to believe that he is ◄ the Messiah/from God►.
2 Corinthians 4:3And if, as some of you say, some people are not able to understand the message that we teach about Christ, it is not because we do not teach it clearly. It is because those people do not want to believe it. They are going to perish eternally.
Matthew Henry on John 10:23-39
Christ's Conference with the Jews. 22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My sheep hear my… Read the whole commentary →