17On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.


In Context

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,

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

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

17 On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

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

19 There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

John 10:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.