John 10:18

Easy To Read Version

No person takes my life away from me. I give my own life freely. I have the right to give my life. And I have the right to get it back again. This is what the Father told me.”

Cross References

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

John 10:17

The Father loves me because I give my life. I give my life so that I can get it back again.

John 14:31

But the world must know that I love the Father. So I do exactly what the Father told me to do.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I continue in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will continue in my love.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the man who gave me to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 5:26

Life comes from the Father (God) himself. So the Father has also allowed the Son (Jesus) to give life.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. So my judgment is right. Why? Because I don’t try to please myself. But I want to please the One (God) who sent me.

John 6:38

I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do. I did not come to do what I want to do.

Acts 2:24

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. God raised Jesus from death. Death could not hold Jesus.

Acts 2:32

So Jesus is the One God raised from death, \{not David\}! We are all witnesses of this. We saw him!

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the One that gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw this with our own eyes.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.

Hebrews 2:9

For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace (kindness) Jesus died for every person.