Noun kleptēs (thief) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

6: 19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves (kleptēs) break in and steal;
6: 20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves (kleptēs) do not break in and steal.
24: 43But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief (kleptēs) was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

Luke

12: 33Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief (kleptēs) comes near and no moth destroys.
12: 39"But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief (kleptēs) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

John

10: 1"Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief (kleptēs) and a bandit.
10: 8All who came before me are thieves (kleptēs) and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them.
10: 10The thief (kleptēs) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
12: 6(He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief (kleptēs); he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)