New Revised Standard Version
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

Contemporary English Version
The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so I may receive it back again.

New American Bible
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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

John 3:25 And there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, concerning purification.

John 15:9,10 As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love. . . .

John 17:4,5,24-26 I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. . . .

Isaiah 42:1,21 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. . . .

Isaiah 53:7-12 He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth. . . .

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all.