Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

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

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

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

even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down My [very own] life [sacrificing it] for the benefit of the sheep.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

the Father
πατήρ 
Pater 
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180
Usage: 180

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

me
μέ 
me 
me, I, my, not tr
Usage: 122

even so
κἀγώ κἀμοί κἀμέ 
Kago 
and I, I also, so I, I, even I, me also,
Usage: 39

know I
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

I lay down
τίθημι 
Tithemi 
Usage: 71

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

ψυχή 
Psuche 
Usage: 62

for
ὑπέρ 
Huper 
Usage: 138

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 10:15

Images John 10:15

Prayers for John 10:15

Context Readings

Jesus As The Good Shepherd

14 I AM the good shepherd, and know my sheep and am known of mine. 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep which are not of this fold; it is expedient that I bring them also, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

Cross References

Matthew 11:27

All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no one has known the Son but the Father, neither has anyone known the Father except the Son and he unto whom the Son will reveal him.

John 10:11

I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

Isaiah 53:10

With all this the LORD chose to bruise him; subjecting him to grief. When he shall have offered his soul for atonement, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the will of the LORD shall be prospered in his hand.

Matthew 20:28

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

John 15:13

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

1 Peter 3:18

For the Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in spirit,

1 John 2:2

and he is the reconciliation 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 sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.

Isaiah 53:8

He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall count his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the rebellion of my people he was smitten.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword, upon the pastor and upon the man that is my fellow, said the LORD of the hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

John 1:18

No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

John 10:17-18

Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my soul that I might take it again.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

1 Timothy 2:5-6

For there is only one God and likewise only one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Peter 2:24

he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.

Daniel 9:26

And after the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be killed and shall have nothing: (and the ruling people that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; whose end shall be as a flood, until at the end of the war it shall be cut off with desolation).

Luke 10:21

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes; even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

John 6:46

Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.

John 8:55

yet ye have not known him, but I know him; and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him and keep his word.

John 17:25

O righteous Father, the world has not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree),

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a people of his own, zealous of good works.

Revelation 5:2-9

And I saw a strong angel preaching with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose its seals?

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