John 10:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.”
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“The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 10:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Isaiah 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- John 3:25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
- John 10:18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- John 15:9As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
- John 17:4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
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