John 10:10

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

11“I 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 said to them, “It is written, ‘ My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘ den of thieves.’ ”

Mark 11:17And He was teaching, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘ My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a ‘ den of thieves!’ ”

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn 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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