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John 10:18

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No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

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  1. John 10:16

    And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

  2. John 10:17

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

  3. John 10:19

    There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

  4. John 10:20

    And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.