22 Bible Verses about Jesus Christ, Love Of

(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

For the love of Christ controls us, [because we] have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.

"A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another--just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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

As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!

So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothing and reclined at table again, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

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

We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."

[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, [because he] always lives in order to intercede on their behalf.

For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a [mere] copy of the true [one], but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen gathers her young together under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

And [as he] got out, he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them and healed their sick.

And Jesus summoned his disciples [and] said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry lest they give out on the way."

And [when] the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep!"

in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said, "He himself took away our sicknesses, and carried away our diseases."

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.