Yohan (John) 10:1–6 — The sheep know their true carer

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10:1 The sheep know their true carer

10 “Honestly I can tell you: It’s not the person that enters the sheep enclosure by the gate that is a thief and robber, but rather the one who climbs in a different way. 2 The one that comes in the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens up for him, and when he calls the sheep by name they listen to his voice and he leads them out. 4 Whenever he moves the sheep, he goes in front and the sheep follow him because they recognise his voice. 5 They would never follow a stranger because they wouldn’t know his voice, in fact they’d run away from him.”

6 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) told them this illustration, but none of those who heard it knew what it meant.

10 Truly, truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, the one not coming _in by the door, to the field of _the sheep, but going _up another _way, that one is a_thief and a_robber.

2 But the one coming _in by the door, is shepherd of _the sheep.

3 To _this one the doorkeeper is _opening _up, and the sheep is _hearing of _the voice of _him, and he _is _calling his own sheep by name, and is _leading_ them _out.

4 Whenever he _may _send _forth all his own, he _is _going before them, and the sheep is _following after _him, because they _have _known the voice of _him.

5 And by _no _means they _may_ not _follow after_a_stranger, but they _will _be _fleeing from him, because they _have_ not _known the voice of_ the _strangers.

6 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) spoke this the allegory to _them, but those not knew what _all it _was, which he _was _speaking to _them.

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