John 10:4

God's Word

After he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:8

I hear my beloved’s voice. Look! Here he comes, sprinting over the mountains, racing over the hills.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my mind is awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking. Open to me, my true love, my sister, my dove, my perfect one. My head is wet with dew, my hair with the dewdrops of night.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Those who want to come with me must say no to the things they want, pick up their crosses, and follow me.

John 10:16

I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd.

John 10:27

My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me,

John 10:3

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them out of the pen.

John 10:5

They won’t follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don’t recognize his voice.”

John 10:8

All who came before I did were thieves or robbers. However, the sheep didn’t respond to them.

John 12:26

Those who serve me must follow me. My servants will be with me wherever I will be. If people serve me, the Father will honor them.

John 13:15

I’ve given you an example that you should follow.

John 18:37

Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus replied, “You’re correct in saying that I’m a king. I have been born and have come into the world for this reason: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me.”

John 3:29

“The groom is the person to whom the bride belongs. The best man, who stands and listens to him, is overjoyed when the groom speaks. This is the joy that I feel.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Imitate me as I imitate Christ.

Ephesians 5:1

Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God, who is going ahead of you, will fight for you as you saw him fight for you in Egypt

Hebrews 12:2

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.

1 Peter 2:21

God called you to endure suffering because Christ suffered for you. He left you an example so that you could follow in his footsteps.

1 Peter 4:1

Since Christ has suffered physically, take the same attitude that he had. (A person who has suffered physically no longer sins.)

1 Peter 5:3

Don’t be rulers over the people entrusted to you, but be examples for the flock to follow.