John 10:4

New English Translation

When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:8

Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!

Song of Solomon 5:2

I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! “Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

John 10:16

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 10:27

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 10:3

The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:5

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”

John 10:8

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

John 12:26

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

John 13:15

For I have given you an example – you should do just as I have done for you.

John 18:37

Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

John 3:29

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

Hebrews 12:2

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

1 Peter 4:1

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

1 Peter 5:3

And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.