Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
A Conservative Version
The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
American Standard Version
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that people could have life to its fullest.
Anderson New Testament
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
Bible in Basic English
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
Common New Testament
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages.
Darby Translation
The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.
Godbey New Testament
The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
Goodspeed New Testament
A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come to let them have life, and to let them have it in abundance.
John Wesley New Testament
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.
Julia Smith Translation
The thief comes not, except that he steal, and sacrifice, and destroy: I came that they might have life, and have above measure.
King James 2000
The thief comes not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.
Modern King James verseion
The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The thief cometh not but for to steal and kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
Moffatt New Testament
The thief only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
Montgomery New Testament
"The thief never comes except to steal and kill and destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it in abundance.
New Heart English Bible
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Noyes New Testament
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundance.
Sawyer New Testament
The thief comes not, except to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
The Emphasized Bible
The thief, cometh not, save that he may thieve and slay and destroy: I, came, that, life, they might have, and, above measure, might have.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.
Webster
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Weymouth New Testament
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.
Williams New Testament
A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows.
World English Bible
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Worrell New Testament
The thief comes not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came, that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.
Worsley New Testament
The thief cometh only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and may have it in perfection.
Youngs Literal Translation
The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Themes
Abundance, spiritual » Abundant joys » Abundant life
Christ » Appearing to his disciples other references to cures by » Mission of
Christ » Life, the » Abundant life
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches people (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The good shepherd
Life » Jesus Christ giving life
Christ the Life » Abundant life
Love » God the father and jesus Christ loving each other
Sheep » Figurative » Of the righteous
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
Shepherd » Figurative » Of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant life
Theft » Illustrates the guilt of false teachers
Topics
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about John 10:10
Devotionals containing John 10:10
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 10:10
Images John 10:10
Prayers for John 10:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus As The Good Shepherd
9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. 11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Names
Cross References
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
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 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 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."
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.
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!
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!"
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.
2 Peter 2:1-3
But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
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.
Ezekiel 34:2-4
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them -- to the shepherds: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
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.
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.)
Romans 2:21
therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Romans 5:13-21
for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.
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,