John 10:17

World English Bible (2000)

Therefore the 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 lays down his life for the sheep.
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
  • John 10:18 : 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
  • Isa 53:7-9 : 7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth. 8 He was taken away by oppression and judgment; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people? 9 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand. 11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will 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 poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • John 10:15 : 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • John 3:25 : 25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
  • John 17:24-26 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:18-19
    2 verses
    88%

    18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

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

  • John 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;

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

    16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

  • John 10:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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

  • John 15:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

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

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

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

    28 I came out from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

  • John 10:27-30
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    76%

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

    28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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

    30 I and the Father are one."

  • John 14:31
    75%

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

  • John 14:28
    75%

    28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

  • John 15:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

    10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even 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 own will, but the will of him who sent me.

    39 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

    40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

  • John 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.

    16 A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me."

  • John 17:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22 The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;

    23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.

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

  • John 3:35
    73%

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

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    72%

    49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

    50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."

  • John 17:10
    72%

    10 All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

  • John 8:28
    72%

    28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

  • John 17:1-2
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    72%

    1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

    2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

  • 1 John 3:16
    71%

    16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

  • John 6:57
    71%

    57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

  • John 14:10
    71%

    10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

  • John 15:17
    70%

    17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

  • John 17:26
    70%

    26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

  • John 13:37
    70%

    37 Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

  • John 17:8
    70%

    8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • John 17:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

    5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

  • John 14:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

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

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

    21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. 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%

    19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

  • John 12:25
    70%

    25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

  • John 10:7
    70%

    7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

  • John 5:17
    70%

    17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."