John 10:3

To this the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

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In The King James Version

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

In Context

2But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.

4And when he hath done out [or he hath sent out] his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep (pur)sue him (or and the sheep follow him); for they know his voice.

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Cross References

Psalms 23:2in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nourished me on the water of refreshing; (he hath set me in a place of pasture. He nourished me by the waters of refreshing;)

Psalms 80:1To victory; this psalm is the witnessing of Asaph for lilies. Thou that governest Israel, give attention; that leadest forth Joseph as a sheep. Thou that sittest on cherubim, be showed ( For the choirmaster, to the tune of ‘The lilies of the testimony’, a song by Asaph. Thou who governest Israel, take heed; thou who leadest forth Joseph like a flock of sheep. Thou who sittest upon cherubim, show thyself)

Isaiah 40:11As a shepherd he shall feed his flock, he shall gather [the] lambs in (to) his arm (s), and he shall raise (them up) in (to) his bosom; he shall bear [the] sheep with lamb. (Like a shepherd he shall feed his flock, he shall gather the lambs into his arms, and he shall raise them up into his bosom; he shall gently lead the sheep that be with their young.)

Isaiah 49:9that thou shouldest say to them that be bound, Go ye out, and to them that be in darknesses, Be ye showed. They shall be fed in ways, and the pastures of them shall be in all plain things. (and that thou shouldest say to them who be bound, Go ye out, and to them who be in darkness, Be ye seen. They shall be fed on the ways, and their pastures shall be on all the hills.)

Jeremiah 31:8Lo! I shall bring them from the land of the north, and I shall gather them from the farthest parts of [the] earth; among which shall be a blind man, and (a) crooked (man), and a woman with child, and (a woman) travailing of child together, (or and a woman with child, and a woman in labour together), (yea), a great company of them that shall turn again hither.

Ezekiel 34:11For the Lord God saith these things, Lo! I myself shall seek (out) my sheep, and I shall visit them (or and I shall search for 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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