John 10:5

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

Montgomery 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

4"When he has brought all his own sheep, he walks before them and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was talking about; so he said to them again.

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Cross References

Luke 8:18"Take heed, then, how you listen. for he who has, to him shall it be given, but from him who has not, shall be taken away even what he has."

Colossians 2:6As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;

2 Timothy 4:3For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will heap up for themselves teachers upon teachers to satisfy their own fancies.

1 John 2:19They came forth from us, but they did not belong to us. If they had belonged to us they would certainly have remained with us, but they went out that they might be manifest that they all are not of us.

1 John 4:5They are of the world, and for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world listens to 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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