John 10:18

New Century Version

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

Cross References

John 10:11

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

John 10:15

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

John 10:17

The Father loves me because I give my life so that I can take 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 us go.

John 15:10

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

John 19:11

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

John 5:26

Life comes from the Father himself, and he has allowed the Son to have life in himself as well.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is fair. I don’t try to please myself, but I try to please the One who sent me.

John 6:38

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

Acts 2:24

God raised Jesus from the dead and set him free from the pain of death, because death could not hold him.

Acts 2:32

So Jesus is the One whom God raised from the dead. And we are all witnesses to this.

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us so he might pay the price to free us from all evil and to make us pure people who belong only to him—people who are always wanting to do good deeds.

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. And now he is wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. And by God’s grace, he died for everyone.