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John 10:26
John 10:26 is verse 26 of John chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
King James Version
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
World English Bible
But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
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John 10:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
26 But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
John 10:4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
John 6:65Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
John 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
John 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
1 John 4:6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.