John 10:3

The gatekeeper admits the shepherd, and his sheep know his voice as he calls them by name and leads them out. Christ's own personally recognize and respond to Him.

Cross-references · 28

• Ezek 34:11–16For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
• 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
• John 10:4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
• Ps 78:52–53He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
• John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
• Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
• John 10:26–27But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
• Isa 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
• Exod 33:17So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
• Rom 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
• Rev 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
• Ps 23:2–3He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
• Song 8:13You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
• Rev 3:7–8To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
• John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
• Jer 50:4–6“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
• Isa 49:9–10to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
• Jer 31:8–9Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
• Rev 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Col 4:3as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
• Ps 80:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
• Phil 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
• Isa 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
• Isa 53:10–12Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
• 1 Pet 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
• 1 Cor 16:9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

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