⁴ And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

¹⁷ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

⁶³ It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.