John 10:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.

John 10:11

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

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:18

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”

John 3:25

Now a discussion about purification arose between John’s disciples and a Jew.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

Hebrews 2:9

but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.