John 10:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.›

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Referenced Verses

  • John 10:11 : 11 ‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • John 10:18 : 18 ‹No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.›
  • Isa 53:7-9 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither [was any] deceit in his mouth. 10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • John 10:15 : 15 ‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.›
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 ¶ ‹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.› 10 ‹If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.›
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 ‹I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.› 5 ‹And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.›
  • John 17:24-26 : 24 ¶ ‹Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.› 25 ‹O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.› 26 ‹And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare› [it]: ‹that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.›

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • John 10:18-19
    2 verses
    88%

    18‹No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.›

    19¶ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

  • John 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14‹I am the good shepherd, and know my› [sheep], ‹and am known of mine.›

    15‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.›

    16‹And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,› [and] ‹one shepherd.›

  • John 10:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10‹The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have› [it] ‹more abundantly.›

    11‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›

  • John 15:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›

    13‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.›

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27‹For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.›

    28¶ ‹I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.›

  • John 10:27-30
    4 verses
    76%

    27‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:›

    28‹And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any› [man] ‹pluck them out of my hand.›

    29‹My Father, which gave› [them] ‹me, is greater than all; and no› [man] ‹is able to pluck› [them] ‹out of my Father's hand.›

    30‹I and› [my] ‹Father are one.›

  • John 14:31
    75%

    31‹But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.›

  • John 14:28
    75%

    28¶ ‹Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come› [again] ‹unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.›

  • John 15:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9¶ ‹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.›

    10‹If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.›

  • John 6:38-40
    3 verses
    74%

    38‹For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.›

    39‹And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.›

    40‹And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.›

  • John 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15‹All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew› [it] ‹unto you.›

    16¶ ‹A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.›

  • John 17:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22‹And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:›

    23‹I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.›

    24¶ ‹Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.›

  • John 3:35
    73%

    35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    72%

    49‹For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.›

    50‹And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.›

  • John 17:10
    72%

    10‹And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.›

  • John 8:28
    72%

    28Then said Jesus unto them, ‹When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am› [he], ‹and› [that] ‹I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.›

  • John 17:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1¶ These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, ‹Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:›

    2‹As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.›

  • 1 John 3:16
    71%

    16Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.

  • John 6:57
    71%

    57‹As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.›

  • John 14:10
    71%

    10‹Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.›

  • John 15:17
    70%

    17‹These things I command you, that ye love one another.›

  • John 17:26
    70%

    26‹And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare› [it]: ‹that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.›

  • John 13:37
    70%

    37Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

  • John 17:8
    70%

    8‹For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received› [them], ‹and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.›

  • John 17:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4‹I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.›

    5‹And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.›

  • John 14:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19‹Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.›

    20‹At that day ye shall know that I› [am] ‹in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.›

    21‹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.›

  • John 17:19
    70%

    19‹And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.›

  • John 12:25
    70%

    25‹He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.›

  • John 10:7
    70%

    7Then said Jesus unto them again, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.›

  • John 5:17
    70%

    17¶ But Jesus answered them, ‹My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.›