John 10:27
New International Version
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

New Living Translation
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

English Standard Version
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Berean Standard Bible
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

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

King James Bible
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

New King James Version
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

New American Standard Bible
My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

NASB 1995
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

NASB 1977
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

Legacy Standard Bible
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

Amplified Bible
The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.

Christian Standard Bible
My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

American Standard Version
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow Me.”

Contemporary English Version
My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me,

Douay-Rheims Bible
My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.

English Revised Version
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me,

Good News Translation
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

International Standard Version
My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

Literal Standard Version
according as I said to you: My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me,

Majority Standard Bible
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

New American Bible
My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

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

New Revised Standard Version
My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

New Heart English Bible
As I said to you, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Webster's Bible Translation
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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

World English Bible
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Young's Literal Translation
according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Unbelief of the Jews
26But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe. 27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. 28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.…

Cross References
Isaiah 66:22
"For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me," declares the LORD, "so your descendants and your name will endure.

John 10:4
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.


Treasury of Scripture

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

sheep.

John 10:4,8,16
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice…

John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

and I.

John 10:3,14
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out…

Matthew 7:23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 25:12
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

and they.

John 10:4
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:26
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

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John 10
1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.
19. Diverse opinions of him.
23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God;
31. escapes the Jews;
39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him.














(27, 28) The reference to those who believe not because they were not of His sheep, introduces the contrast between them and those who were, and the position of the true members of the flock is expanded in this pair of parallel clauses. One member of each pair refers to the act or state of the sheep; and the other to the act or gift of the Shepherd. The pairs proceed in a climax from the first response of the conscience which recognises the divine voice to the eternal home which is in the Father's presence.

(1)"My sheep hear My voice," . . "and I know them;"

(2)"And they follow Me" . . "and I give unto them eternal life;"

(3)"And they shall never perish" . . . "neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand."

By reading successively the clauses placed on the left side of the page, we trace the progress of the human act and state; by reading, in the same way, the clauses on the right side of the page, we trace the progress of the divine gift; by reading each pair in the order of the text, we see how at each stage the gift is proportioned to the faculty which can receive it.

The earlier clauses are familiar to us from the preceding discourse, but some expressions will need a word of explanation.

Eternal life.--Comp. John 10:10, where the word "eternal" is added in some readings. Here the verb is in the present, "I give (am now giving) them." (Comp. John 3:15; John 5:24; John 6:47 et seq.). We cannot be too careful to observe that our Lord's thoughts of "eternal life" is never of the future only. It is a development, rather than a simply future existence. We shall live eternally, because we now live spiritually in communion with the Spirit who is Eternal. . . .

Verses 27-30. -

(2) Christ's claim to equality of power and essence, and similarity of gracious operation with the Father. Verses 27, 28. - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one pluck them out of my hand. Commentators have differed as to the arrangement of these two verses - whether the six assertions should be regarded as two triplets, in the first of which the sheep of Christ are made prominent, and in the latter of which the Shepherd; thus -

(l) The sheep -

"My sheep hear my voice" (their receptivity). . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
My
ἐμὰ (ema)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Neuter 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.

sheep
πρόβατα (probata)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4263: A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep.

listen to
ἀκούουσιν (akouousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

voice;
φωνῆς (phōnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

I
κἀγὼ (kagō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.

know
γινώσκω (ginōskō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

them,
αὐτά (auta)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they follow
ἀκολουθοῦσίν (akolouthousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 190: To accompany, attend, follow. Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. To accompany.

Me.
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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