John 10:3
Good News Translation
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.

New Revised Standard Version
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

New American Bible
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

the porter.

Isaiah 53:10-12 And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a longlived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. . . .

1 Corinthians 16:9 For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many adversaries.

Colossians 4:3 Praying withal for us also, that God may open unto us a door of speech to speak the mystery of Christ (for which also I am bound):

1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.

Revelation 3:7,8,20 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth: . . .

the sheep.

John 10:4,16,26,27 And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. . . .

John 6:37,45 All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. . . .

Songs 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the friends hearken: make me hear thy voice.

and he.

John 10:14,27 I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me. . . .

Exodus 33:17 And the Lord said to Moses: This word also, which thou hast spoken, will I do; for thou hast found grace before me, and thee I have known by name.

Romans 8:30 And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Philippians 4:3 And I entreat thee also, my sincere companion, help those women who have laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are in the book of life.

2 Timothy 2:19 But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.

Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the pool of fire.

and leadeth.

Psalm 23:2,3 He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: . . .

Psalm 78:52,53 And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. . . .

Psalm 80:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.

Isaiah 42:16 And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.

Isaiah 49:9,10 That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain. . . .

Jeremiah 31:8,9 Behold I will bring them from the north country, and will gather them from the ends of the earth and among them shall be the blind, and the lame, the woman with child, and she that is bringing forth, together, a great company of them returning hither. . . .

Jeremiah 50:4-6 In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together: going and weeping they shall make haste, and shall seek the Lord their God. . . .

Ezekiel 34:11-16 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. . . .

Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Context
Jesus the Good Shepherd
2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out. 4And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.…
Cross References
Proverbs 27:23
Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

John 10:4
And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

John 10:9
I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in and go out, and shall find pastures.

John 10:16
And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

1 John 4:6
We are of God. He that knoweth God heareth us. He that is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

3 John 1:14
But I hope speedily to see thee: and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him: and he with me.

John 10:2
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