John 10:18

Good News Translation

No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do.”

Cross References

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.

John 10:17

“The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again.

John 14:31

but the world must know that I love the Father; that is why I do everything as he commands me. “Come, let us go from this place.

John 15:10

If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”

John 5:26

Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.

John 6:38

because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.

Acts 2:32

God has raised this very Jesus from death, and we are all witnesses to this fact.

Acts 3:15

You killed the one who leads to life, but God raised him from death—and we are witnesses to this.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

Hebrews 2:9

But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that through God's grace he should die for everyone. We see him now crowned with glory and honor because of the death he suffered.