John 10:5

And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.

6This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

Luke 8:18Take heede therefore how ye heare: for whosoeuer hath, to him shall be giuen: and whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken euen that which it seemeth that he hath.

Colossians 2:6As ye haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord, so walke in him,

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers,

1 John 2:19They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they should haue continued with vs. But this cometh to passe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.

1 John 4:5They are of this worlde, therefore speake they of this world, and this 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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