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 thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
• 2 Tim 2:19However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
• John 10:4Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
• Ps 78:52–53But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
• John 10:16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
• Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
• John 10:26–27But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
• Isa 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
• Exod 33:17Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
• Rom 8:30Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
• Rev 7:17for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. 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 still waters.
• Song 8:13You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
• Rev 3:7–8“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
• John 6:45It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
• John 6:37All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
• Jer 50:4–6“In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek Yahweh their God.
• Isa 49:9–10saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
• Jer 31:8–9Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.
• Rev 20:15If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• Col 4:3praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
• Ps 80:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
• Phil 4:3Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
• Isa 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
• Isa 53:10–12Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days, and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
• 1 Pet 1:12To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
• 1 Cor 16:9for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

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