John 10:17

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again.

Cross References

John 10:11

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his 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 took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

John 3:25

Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;'

Hebrews 1:9

Thou lovest righteousness and hatest iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the festal oil more abundantly than thy peers.'

Hebrews 2:9

What our eyes do see is Jesus, who was made for a while lower than angels, now, because of his sufferings and death, crowned with glory and honour; so that his tasting the bitterness of death should, in God's loving-kindness, be on behalf of all mankind.