John 10:5

but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice:

6He spoke this parable to them: but they did not know what things He was speaking to them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:18Therefore see how you hear: for whosoever may have, it shall be given unto him; and whosoever may not have, it shall be taken from him, even that which he seems to have.

Colossians 2:6Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk about in him,

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure healthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap to themselves teachers itching as to their hearing;

1 John 2:19They came out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us: but in order that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world: on this account 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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