¹⁵ As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁷ Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸ No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁶ Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.