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John 10:6

This was the allegory that Jesus told them, but they did not understand of what he was speaking.

Twentieth Century 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

5They will not follow a stranger, but will run away from him; because they do not know a stranger’s voice.”

7So he continued: “In truth I tell you, I am the Door for the sheep.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.

John 6:52Upon this the Jews began disputing with one another: “How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?”

John 7:36What does he mean by saying ‘You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be’?”

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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