John 10:17

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The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.

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  • John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
  • John 10:18 : 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
  • Isa 53:7-9 : 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After his suffering, he will see the result and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • John 10:15 : 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring forth justice to the nations.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to make His law great and glorious.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
  • John 17:24-26 : 24 Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, I have known You, and they have known that You sent Me. 26 I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:18-19
    2 verses
    88%

    18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.

    19Again, there was division among the Jews because of these words.

  • John 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me.

    15Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep.

    16I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

  • John 10:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

    11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

  • John 15:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.

    13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

  • John 10:27-30
    4 verses
    76%

    27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

    28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

    29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

    30I and the Father are one.

  • John 14:31
    75%

    31But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • John 14:28
    75%

    28You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

  • John 15:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.

    10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

  • John 6:38-40
    3 verses
    74%

    38'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'

    39'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.'

    40For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.

  • John 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15Everything that the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

    16A little while, and you will no longer see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father.

  • John 17:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

    23I in them and You in Me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.

    24Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

  • John 3:35
    73%

    35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    72%

    49For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to speak.

    50I know that His command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told Me to say.

  • John 17:10
    72%

    10All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine. And I have been glorified in them.

  • John 8:28
    72%

    28So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

  • John 17:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1After Jesus had spoken these words, He looked up to heaven and said, 'Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You.'

    2Just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all You have given Him.

  • 1 John 3:16
    71%

    16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

  • John 6:57
    71%

    57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me.

  • John 14:10
    71%

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.

  • John 15:17
    70%

    17This is my command: Love one another.

  • John 17:26
    70%

    26I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.

  • John 13:37
    70%

    37'Lord,' Peter asked, 'why can't I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You!'

  • John 17:8
    70%

    8For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

  • John 17:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.

    5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

  • John 14:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19In a little while, the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

    20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

    21The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.

  • John 17:19
    70%

    19For their sake, I sanctify Myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

  • John 12:25
    70%

    25The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  • John 10:7
    70%

    7So Jesus said to them again, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the door for the sheep.'

  • John 5:17
    70%

    17But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'