Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.
A Conservative Version
just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.
American Standard Version
even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
just like the Father knows me [intimately] and I know the Father [that way]. And I [am about to] give up my life for the sheep.
Anderson New Testament
As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Bible in Basic English
Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
Common New Testament
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Daniel Mace New Testament
(as the father and I are known to one another:) and I lay down my life for them.
Darby Translation
as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Godbey New Testament
as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep.
Goodspeed New Testament
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep.
John Wesley New Testament
(As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father) and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Julia Smith Translation
As the Father knows me, I also know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
King James 2000
As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Modern King James verseion
Even as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As my father knoweth me: even so know I my father. And I give my life for the sheep,
Moffatt New Testament
(just as the Father knows me and I know the Father,) and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Montgomery New Testament
just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
NET Bible
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father -- and I lay down my life for the sheep.
New Heart English Bible
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
Noyes New Testament
even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep.
Sawyer New Testament
as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep.
The Emphasized Bible
Just as, the Father, knoweth me, and, I, know, the Father; and, my life, I lay down for the sheep.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Webster
As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Weymouth New Testament
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.
Williams New Testament
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep.
World English Bible
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
Worrell New Testament
even as the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep.
Worsley New Testament
Even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Youngs Literal Translation
according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
Themes
Christ, the shepherd » His sheep » He laid down his life for
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » death
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » He laid down his life for
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches people (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The good shepherd
Knowledge » God the father and jesus Christ knowing each other
Knowledge » Who the lord knows
Knowledge » Who knows the lord
Knowledge » Withheld from man withheld » Christ's knowledge of the father
Knowledge » Withheld from man » Christ's knowledge of the father
Love » God the father and jesus Christ loving each other
Power » Jesus Christ being given power
Sheep » Figurative » Of the righteous
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
Shepherd » Figurative » Of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 10:15
Prayers for John 10:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus As The Good Shepherd
14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
15
Names
Cross References
Matthew 11:27
All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Isaiah 53:4-6
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:8
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
Zechariah 13:7
"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," declares the LORD of hosts."Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
John 10:17-18
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
Galatians 1:4
who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
1 Timothy 2:5-6
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Daniel 9:26
And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Luke 10:21
In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
John 6:46
not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
John 8:55
But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
John 17:25
O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"--
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Revelation 5:2-9
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"