John 10:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

No one 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

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, Jesus died for everyone.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

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. “Come now, let’s go.”

John 6:38

I came down from heaven to do what God wants, not what I want.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and he continues to love me. In the same way, if you obey my commands, I will continue to love you.

John 10:11

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

Acts 3:15

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

Acts 2:24

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. He raised him from death. There was no way for death to hold him.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. And my judgment is right, because I am not trying to please myself. I want only to please the one who sent me.

Acts 2:32

So Jesus is the one God raised from death. We are all witnesses of this. We saw him.

John 19:11

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

John 5:26

Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has also allowed the Son to give life.