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John 15:13

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No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.

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So I say to you, my friends: Do not be fearful of those who kill the body, and afterwards have no more that they can do.

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

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

And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.

And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.

We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.