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


In Context

3 to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

4 and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

5 and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

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

7 Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;

8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling 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.