John 10:17

The Text-Critical English New Testament

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.

Cross References

John 10:11

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

John 10:15

even as the Father knows me and I know the Father. 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 authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

John 3:25

Now a discussion arose between the disciples of John and a Jew about purification.

Hebrews 1:9

Yoʋ have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, yoʋr God, has anointed yoʋ with the oil of gladness beyond yoʋr 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 he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.