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


In Context

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

15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — one shepherd.

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

18 no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

19 Therefore, again, there came a division 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 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 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.