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John 10:5 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. "
John 10:5
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To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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John 10:1
"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."
John 10:2
"But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep."
John 10:3
"To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out."
John 10:4
"And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice."
John 10:6
"This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them."
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