10The 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.


In Context

7 Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.

10 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.

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

12 but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

John 10:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:10The 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.