John 10:4

Modern English Version

When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God who goes before you, He shall fight for you, just as all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

John 10:16

I have other sheep who are not of this fold. I must also bring them, and they will hear My voice. There will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

John 18:37

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “Then are You a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you were called, because Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

1 Peter 5:3

Do not lord over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Follow me as I follow Christ.

John 10:8

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 6:20

This is where Jesus has entered for us as a forerunner, since He has become the everlasting High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

Song of Solomon 2:8

The voice of my lover! Listen, he comes leaping over the mountains, springing over the hills.

John 13:15

For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Song of Solomon 5:2

I am sleeping, but my heart is awake. A sound! My lover is knocking. Open the door for me, my sister, my beloved, my dove and pure one; for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the drops of the night.

John 10:3

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.

John 10:5

Yet they will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him. For they do not know the voice of strangers.”

John 10:27

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.