John 10:6

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

Montgomery New Testament

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

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

7"In solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

John 6:52Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

John 7:36"What does he mean saying, ‘You shall seek me and you shall not find me,’ and ‘Where I am you cannot 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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