The voice of my lover! Behold, he is coming— leaping over the mountains, springing over the hills!
John 10:4 - Tree of Life Version “When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. American Standard Version (1901) When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. Common English Bible Whenever he has gathered all of his sheep, he goes before them and they follow him, because they know his voice. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. |
The voice of my lover! Behold, he is coming— leaping over the mountains, springing over the hills!
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A voice! My lover is knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, my locks with dewdrops of night.”
Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. The shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
If any man serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there also will My servant be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
I have given you an example—you should do for each other what I have done for you.
So Pilate said to Him, “Are you a king, then?” Yeshua answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world, so that I might testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the best man rejoices when he stands and hears the bridegroom’s voice. So now my joy is complete!
Adonai your God, who goes before you, He Himself will fight for you—just as He did for you in Egypt before your own eyes,
focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Yeshua has entered there as a forerunner on our behalf, having become Kohen Gadol “forever, according to the order of Melechizedek .”
For you were called to this, because Messiah also suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow in His footsteps:
Therefore, since Messiah suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same attitude. For the one who has suffered in the flesh is finished with sin.
Don’t lord it over those apportioned to you, but become examples to the flock.