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


In Context

14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--

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

16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

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

18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."

19 At these words the Jews were again divided.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17On this account the Father loves 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.