³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father, and ^(A)as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

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.”

⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and ^(A)became ^(B)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

⁴⁹ For ^(A)I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, ^(B)what I should say and what I should speak.

³⁴ Jesus said to them, ^(A)“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to ^(B)finish His work.

⁵⁰ But ^(A)I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is ^(B)accomplished!

⁷ who, in the days of His flesh, when He had ^(A)offered up prayers and supplications, ^(B)with vehement cries and tears to Him ^(C)who was able to save Him from death, and was heard ^(D)because of His godly fear, ⁸ though He was a Son, yet He learned ^(E)obedience by the things which He suffered.

Love and Joy Perfected

⁹ “As the Father ^(A)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

² looking unto Jesus, the ^[a]author and ^[b]finisher of our faith, ^(A)who for the joy that was set before Him ^(B)endured the cross, despising the shame, and ^(C)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.