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John 10:17
Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
John 10:17 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
John 10:17 in other translations
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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In context
14 I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine know me.
15 As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.
16 And other sheep I have that 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 the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
18 No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself. And I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.
20 And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him?
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