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Jesus the Good Shepherd

John 10:15

In 9 translations

BSB
just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
KJV
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
WEB
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
ASV
even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
LSV
according as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father, and My life I lay down for the sheep,
YLT
according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
DBY
as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
DRC
As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.
GNV
As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of γινώσκει: Tyndale House: γεινώσκει.
  • Spelling of γινώσκω: Tyndale House: γεινώσκω.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατὴρ κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα, καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.
RP2018
Καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα· καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.
TR-Boyd
Καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα· καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.
SCR1894
καθως γινωσκει με ο πατηρ καγω γινωσκω τον πατερα και την ψυχην μου τιθημι υπερ των προβατων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
  • Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His…
  • 1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  • Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  • 1 Timothy 2:5–6For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
  • 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  • Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  • John 10:17–18The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again.…
  • Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  • John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
  • Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end…
  • Luke 10:21At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes,…
  • John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

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