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John 10:5

They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

World English 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

4Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.

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Cross References

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

Luke 8:18Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”

Colossians 2:6As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

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

1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world. Therefore they speak of 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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