John 10:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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  • John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives 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 honor, 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 myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from 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 silent, so he does not open his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people he was stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a discussion between some of John's disciples and the Jews 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: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • John 17:24-26 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. 26 And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved 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 myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

    19Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

  • John 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own.

    15As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

    16And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

  • John 10:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.

    11I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

  • John 15:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • John 16:27-28
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    77%

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

    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • John 10:27-30
    4 verses
    76%

    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

    28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.

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

    30I and my Father are one.

  • John 14:31
    75%

    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • John 14:28
    75%

    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  • John 15:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

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

    10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.

  • John 6:38-40
    3 verses
    74%

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

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

    40And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  • John 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15All things that the Father has are mine: therefore, I said he will take of mine, and show it to you.

    16In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.

  • John 17:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

    23I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.

    24Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

  • John 3:35
    73%

    35The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    72%

    49For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

    50And I know that his command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told me, so I speak.

  • John 17:10
    72%

    10And all mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them.

  • John 8:28
    72%

    28Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

  • John 17:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you:

    2As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.

  • 1 John 3:16
    71%

    16By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

  • John 6:57
    71%

    57As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me.

  • John 14:10
    71%

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.

  • John 15:17
    70%

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

  • John 17:26
    70%

    26And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  • John 13:37
    70%

    37Peter said to him, Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake.

  • John 17:8
    70%

    8For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have surely known that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • John 17:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.

    5And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.

  • John 14:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.

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

    21He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.

  • John 17:19
    70%

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

  • John 12:25
    70%

    25He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  • John 10:7
    70%

    7Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.