Joh 10:15, 17-18 | ESV | STEP | just as the Father knows me and I know the Father ; and I lay down my life for the sheep .

g[See ver. 17 above]

John 10:15

15 ^ajust as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^bI lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:17-18

17 ^cFor this reason the Father loves me, ^dbecause ^eI lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 ^fNo one takes it from me, but ^gI lay it down ^hof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ⁱI have authority to take it up again. ^jThis charge I have received from my Father.”