John 10:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe.

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  • John 10:11 : 11 I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see Iesus crowned with glory and honour, which was made litle inferiour to the Angels, through the suffering of death, that by Gods grace he might taste death for all men.
  • John 10:18 : 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.
  • Isa 53:7-9 : 7 Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 Hee was taken out from prison, and from iudgement: and who shall declare his age? For he was cut out of the lande of the liuing: for the transgression of my people was he plagued. 9 And he made his graue with the wicked, and with the riche in his death, though hee had done no wickednesse, neither was any deceite in his mouth. 10 Yet the Lord would breake him, and make him subiect to infirmities: when hee shall make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede and shall prolong his dayes, and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 Hee shall see of the trauaile of his soule, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous seruant iustifie many: for hee shall beare their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I giue him a portion with the great, and he shall deuide the spoyle with the strong, because hee hath powred out his soule vnto death: and he was counted with the transgressers, & he bare the sinne of many, and prayed for the trespassers.
  • John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe.
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a question betweene Iohns disciples and the Iewes, about purifying.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Beholde, my seruaunt: I will stay vpon him: mine elect, in whom my soule deliteth: I haue put my Spirit vpo him: he shal bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The Lorde is willing for his righteousnesse sake that he may magnifie the Lawe, and exalt it.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue. 10 If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe. 5 And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.
  • John 17:24-26 : 24 Father, I will that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me euen where I am, that they may beholde that my glorie, which thou hast giuen mee: for thou louedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee, but I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen, that thou hast sent me. 26 And I haue declared vnto the thy Name, and will declare it, that the loue wherewith thou hast loued me, may be in them, and I in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:18-19
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    88%

    18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.

    19Then there was a dissension againe among the Iewes for these sayings,

  • John 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14I am that good shepheard, & knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.

    15As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe.

    16Other sheepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shall heare my voyce: and there shalbe one sheepefolde, and one shepheard.

  • John 10:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.

    11I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

  • John 15:12-13
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    77%

    12This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.

    13Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.

  • John 16:27-28
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    27For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.

    28I am come out from the Father, and came into the worlde: againe I leaue the worlde, and goe to the Father.

  • John 10:27-30
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    76%

    27My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,

    28And I giue vnto them eternall life, & they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand.

    29My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.

    30I and my Father are one.

  • John 14:31
    75%

    31But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.

  • John 14:28
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    28Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then I.

  • John 15:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.

    10If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.

  • John 6:38-40
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    38For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.

    39And this is the Fathers will which hath sent mee, that of all which hee hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but shoulde raise it vp againe at the last day.

    40And this is the will of him that sent mee, that euery man which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth in him, should haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.

  • John 16:15-16
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    74%

    15All thinges that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shewe it vnto you.

    16A litle while, and ye shall not see me: and againe a litle while, and ye shall see me: for I goe to the Father.

  • John 17:22-24
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    73%

    22And the glory that thou gauest me, I haue giuen them, that they may be one, as we are one,

    23I in them, and thou in mee, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent mee, and hast loued them, as thou hast loued me.

    24Father, I will that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me euen where I am, that they may beholde that my glorie, which thou hast giuen mee: for thou louedst me before the foundation of the world.

  • John 3:35
    73%

    35The Father loueth the Sonne, and hath giuen all things into his hande.

  • John 12:49-50
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    49For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.

    50And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.

  • John 17:10
    72%

    10And al mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.

  • John 8:28
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    28Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.

  • John 17:1-2
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    1These things spake Iesus, and lift vp his eyes to heauen, and saide, Father, that houre is come: glorifie thy Sonne, that thy Sonne also may glorifie thee,

    2As thou hast giuen him power ouer all flesh, that he shoulde giue eternall life to all them that thou hast giuen him.

  • 1 John 3:16
    71%

    16Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.

  • John 6:57
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    57As that liuing Father hath sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, euen he shall liue by me.

  • John 14:10
    71%

    10Beleeuest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the workes.

  • John 15:17
    70%

    17These things commaunde I you, that ye loue one another.

  • John 17:26
    70%

    26And I haue declared vnto the thy Name, and will declare it, that the loue wherewith thou hast loued me, may be in them, and I in them.

  • John 13:37
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    37Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, why can I not followe thee now? I will lay downe my life for thy sake.

  • John 17:8
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    8For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.

  • John 17:4-5
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    4I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe.

    5And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.

  • John 14:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19Yet a litle while, and the world shal see me no more, but ye shall see me: because I liue, ye shall liue also.

    20At that day shall ye knowe that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

    21He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him.

  • John 17:19
    70%

    19And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe, that they also may bee sanctified through the trueth.

  • John 12:25
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    25He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.

  • John 10:7
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    7Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

  • John 5:17
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    17But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.