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.

⁴⁵ For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.