John 10:5

And a stranger will they not follow, but will fly from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

4And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.

6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew nothing of the things which he spake to them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall be taken away from.

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

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own inclinations will set up a herd of teachers for themselves, having the itch of hearing;

1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they departed, that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us:

1 John 4:5They are of the world, therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth 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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