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John 10:6

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

World English Bible

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

5They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

7Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

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Cross References

Psalms 82:5They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Proverbs 28:5Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.

Isaiah 56:11Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

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

John 6:52The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

John 7:36What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t 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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