John 10:10
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The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life and may have it more abundantly.

John 5:40
And you will not come to me that you may have life.

John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.

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

thief.

John 10:1 Amen, amen, I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

John 12:6 Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

Isaiah 56:11 And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.

Ezekiel 34:2-4 Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds? . . .

Hosea 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.

Matthew 21:13 And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

Mark 11:17 And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations, but you have made it a den of thieves.

Romans 2:21 Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest.

2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. . . .

I am.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world: but that the world may be saved by him.

John 6:33,51 For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven and giveth life to the world. . . .

John 12:47 And if any man hear my words and keep them not, I do not judge him for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

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

Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

1 Timothy 1:15 A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.

more abundantly.

Romans 5:13-21 For until the law sin was in the world: but sin was not imputed, when the law was not. . . .

Hebrews 6:17 Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath:

Hebrews 7:25 Whereby he is able also to save for ever them that come to God by him; always living to make intercession for us.

2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the ever-lasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Context
Jesus the Good Shepherd
9I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in and go out, and shall find pastures. 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life and may have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.…
Lexicon
The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

thief
κλέπτης (kleptēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2812: A thief. From klepto; a stealer.

comes
ἔρχεται (erchetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

only
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

steal
κλέψῃ (klepsē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2813: To steal. A primary verb; to filch.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

kill
θύσῃ (thysē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2380: A primary verb; properly, to rush, i.e. to sacrifice; by extension to immolate.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

destroy.
ἀπολέσῃ (apolesē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.

I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

have come
ἦλθον (ēlthon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they may have
ἔχωσιν (echōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

life,
ζωὴν (zōēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

have [it]
ἔχωσιν (echōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

in all its fullness.
περισσὸν (perisson)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4053: From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence.


Additional Translations
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

The thief comes only that he might steal and might kill and might destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

The thief comes 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.

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

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.
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