John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Text-Critical English 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 gate; if anyone enters through me, he will be saved and will come in and go 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 the 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 robbers.”

Mark 11:17Then he began to teach the people, saying, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.

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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