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


In Context

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known by mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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

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

18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from my Father.

19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

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 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 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.