John 10:10
“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.”
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
“I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
“And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.”
“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
“For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”