John 10:4-14

4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 1A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
6 This figure of speech Jesus 2used with them, but they 3did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, 4I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, 5he will be saved and will go in and out and 6find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and 7kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
11 8I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd 9lays down his life for the sheep.
12 He who is 10a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and 11leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and 12scatters them.
13 He flees because 13he is a hired hand and 14cares nothing for the sheep.
14 15I am the good shepherd. 16I know my own and 17my own know me,

Cross References 17

  • 1. [ver. 12, 13]
  • 2. John 9:40
  • 3. See Mark 9:32
  • 4. ver. 9; [John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18]
  • 5. [John 5:34]
  • 6. Psalms 23:2; Ezekiel 34:14
  • 7. [Jeremiah 23:1; Ezekiel 34:3]
  • 8. Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:12, 23; Ezekiel 37:24; Zechariah 13:7; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Peter 5:4; [John 21:15-17; Psalms 23; Revelation 7:17]
  • 9. ver. 15, 17; John 15:13; 1 John 3:16; [Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45]
  • 10. [Ezekiel 34:2-6]
  • 11. Zechariah 11:17; Zechariah 13:7
  • 12. [Jeremiah 23:1-3]
  • 13. [1 Peter 5:2]
  • 14. Zechariah 11:16
  • 15. See ver. 11
  • 16. ver. 27; Nahum 1:7; 2 Timothy 2:19
  • 17. ver. 4
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