John 10:5

But after a stranger the flock will not follow, but it fleeth from him; because it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 hath led out his flock, he goeth before it; and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

6This allegory spake Jesus to them; but they knew not what he said to them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:18Take heed how ye hear: for to him that hath, shall be given; and from him that hath not, shall be taken even what he thinketh he hath.

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

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come, when they will not give ear to sound teaching; but, according to their lusts, will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing;

1 John 2:19From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out from us, that so it might be known, that they were not of us.

1 John 4:5And they are of the world: therefore they speak from 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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