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John 15:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body and after that can do nothing more.

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

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

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.