John 10:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded me to do.

Cross References

Hebrews 2:9

What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels. Because of God's gift of undeserved grace, Jesus died for everyone. And now that Jesus has suffered and died, he is crowned with glory and honor!

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

John 10:17

The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so I may receive it back again.

John 14:31

I obey my Father, so everyone in the world might know that I love him. It is time for us to go now.

John 6:38

I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me,

John 15:10

If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as my Father keeps loving me, because I have obeyed him.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

Acts 3:15

and you killed the one who leads people to life. But God raised him from death, and all of us can tell you what he has done.

Acts 2:24

But God set him free from death and raised him to life. Death could not hold him in its power.

John 5:30

I cannot do anything on my own. The Father sent me, and he is the one who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness, because I obey him, and I don't just try to please myself.

Acts 2:32

All of us can tell you that God has raised Jesus to life!

John 19:11

Jesus replied, “If God had not given you the power, you couldn't do anything at all to me. But the one who handed me over to you did something even worse.”

John 10:15

Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep.

John 5:26

The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son.