^15 (A)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; ^(B)and I lay down My life for the sheep.

¹⁷ “Therefore My Father ^(A)loves Me, ^(B)because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

¹⁸ No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I ^(A)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. ^(B)This command I have received from My Father.”

^13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

The Outworking of Love

^16 (A)By this we know love, ^(B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.