6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.


In Context

3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers.|

6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

7 Jesus therefore said to them again, |Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

John 10:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:6Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:6This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was of which he spoke to them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:6This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.