Catholic Public Domain Version
"For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again. "
— John 10:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.”
“Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. ”
“Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.”
“This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.”
“Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.”
“For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.”
“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.”
I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.
For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”
A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
Then many of them were saying: “He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?”