John 10:10

The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

In Context

9I am the door. If any one enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture.

11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:11For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.

Matthew 21:13And he says to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; But ye make it a den of robbers.

Mark 11:17And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers.

John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19

The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →

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