Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. New Living Translation just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. English Standard Version just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. Berean Standard Bible just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. Berean Literal Bible As the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. King James Bible As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. New King James Version As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. New American Standard Bible just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. NASB 1995 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. NASB 1977 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. Legacy Standard Bible even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. Amplified Bible even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down My [very own] life [sacrificing it] for the benefit of the sheep. Christian Standard Bible just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. Holman Christian Standard Bible as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep. American Standard Version even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Just as my Father knows me and I know my Father, and I lay down my life for the flock's sake.” Contemporary English Version Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep. Douay-Rheims Bible As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep. English Revised Version even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I give my life for my sheep. International Standard Version just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. Literal Standard Version according as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father, and My life I lay down for the sheep, Majority Standard Bible just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. New American Bible just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. NET Bible just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep. New Revised Standard Version just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. New Heart English Bible even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. Webster's Bible Translation As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. Weymouth New Testament just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep. World English Bible even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. Young's Literal Translation according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus the Good Shepherd…14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, 15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.… Cross References Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. Luke 10:22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him." John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. John 10:17 The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. John 10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father." Treasury of Scripture As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. As. John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. John 8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. and I. John 10:11,17 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep… John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Isaiah 53:4-6,8,10 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted… Jump to Previous Lay SheepJump to Next Lay SheepJohn 10 1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.19. Diverse opinions of him. 23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God; 31. escapes the Jews; 39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him. (15) As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father.--Better, . . . and I know the Father. Our version, by its rendering, and by the division of verses, fails to give the full meaning, and there is thus, indeed, no reason for the assertion of the mutual knowledge of the Father and the Son. But connecting the words with those of the previous verse, we have, "I am the Good Shepherd, and know those who are Mine, and those who are Mine know Me, even as the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father." This deeper sense of union between the human spirit and Himself, and the wondrous likening of it to the union of Himself and the Father, is present to His mind as the close of His work on earth draws near. We find it again in John 14:20; John 15:10; John 17:8; John 17:21. It is bound up with the thought of the love which lays down His own life for them. This is repeated here and again in John 10:17-18. Greek just asκαθὼς (kathōs) Adverb Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. knows γινώσκει (ginōskei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. Me με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. and I κἀγὼ (kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. know γινώσκω (ginōskō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father. Πατέρα (Patera) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. I lay down τίθημι (tithēmi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. life ψυχήν (psychēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sheep. προβάτων (probatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 4263: A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep. 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