John 10:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ The ·one who guards the door [gatekeeper; watchman] opens it for him. And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out [compare Num. 27:15–17]. ⁴ When he brings all his sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. ⁵ But they will never follow a stranger. They will run away from him because they don’t know his voice.”