John 10:10

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.

Hosea 7:1

whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 21:13

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Mark 11:17

Then he began to teach them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

John 10:1

“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 10:11

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

John 12:47

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 12:6

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

John 5:40

but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

John 6:33

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Romans 2:21

therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!

Hebrews 6:17

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

2 Peter 1:11

For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.