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


In Context

14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;

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

16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

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

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

19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because 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 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 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.