For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man; you take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.

Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

For this reason, my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

Peter said to him: Lord, why can I not follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

Jesus answered him: Will you lay down your life for me? Verily, verily I say to you, the cock will not crow till you have denied me three times.

Greater love has no man than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

By this we know the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.