Jesus the Good Shepherd
John 10:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
- KJV
- This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
- WEB
- Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
- ASV
- This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
- LSV
- Jesus spoke this allegory to them, and they did not know what the things were that He was speaking to them;
- YLT
- This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
- DBY
- This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.
- DRC
- This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
- GNV
- This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἦν (“it was”); Tregelles read ᾖ (“may be”).
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- SBLGNT: ἦν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἦν; Tregelles read ᾖ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τίνα ἦν ἃ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς.
- RP2018
- Ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τίνα ἦν ἃ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς.
- TR-Boyd
- Ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τίνα ἦν ἃ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς.
- SCR1894
- ταυτην την παροιμιαν ειπεν αυτοις ο ιησους εκεινοι δε ουκ εγνωσαν τινα ην α ελαλει αυτοις
Who and where
👤 Jesus Christ◆ The Good Shepherd Teaching
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SheepSheep TendingAllegoryParableShepherdParablesApostlesTitles and Names of SaintsTeach; Teacher; TeachingRighteous
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
- Psalms 82:5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Isaiah 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise…
- John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- Matthew 13:51Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
- Psalms 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
- John 6:52At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
- John 8:27They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- John 7:36What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
- Matthew 13:13–14This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;…
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
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