NET Bible
"This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again."
— John 10:17, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. 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 the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”
Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.
Many of them were saying,“He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”