John 10:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, I will uphold him, my elect, with him my soul is well-pleased. I have sent my Spirit upon him. He will offer judgment to the nations.

Isaiah 42:21

And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and to exalt him.

John 10:11

I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.

John 10:18

No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father."

John 3:25

Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved justice, and you have hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of exultation, above your companions."

Hebrews 2:9

Yet we understand that Jesus, who was reduced to a little less than the Angels, was crowned with glory and honor because of his Passion and death, in order that, by the grace of God, he might taste death for all.