John 10:17
For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
In Context
Cross References
John 3:25As the result, a discussion having arisen on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification,
John 10:15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.
John 15:9As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.
John 17:24"Father, those whom Thou hast given me--I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see the glory--my glory--my gift from Thee, which Thou hast given me because Thou didst love me before the creation of the world.
Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19
The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →