The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 10:3 in context
John 10:1–6
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“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
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But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
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Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
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