John 10:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life–to take it back again.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “This is why the Father loves me: I give up my life so that I can take it up again.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

John 10:17 Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 42:21

It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honourable.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

John 10:15

even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:18

No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.

John 3:25

There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Hebrews 2:9

But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, that by the grace of God he should taste death for every man.