22 Bible Verses about Jesus Christ, Love Of

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

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

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, “Do not weep.”

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “He Himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases.”

“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.