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John 10:17

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

This is why my Father loves me so much — because I'm choosing to give up my life, and I have the power to take it back again.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus chose sacrifice because he knew it wasn't the end of his story.

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He went off to pray a second time and said, 'Dad, if there's no way around this — if I have to go through with it — then I'm trusting your plan.'

Nobody's forcing this on me — I'm choosing to give up my life. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to pick it back up again. This is what my Father asked me to do.

Just like the Father brings dead people back to life and gives them breath again, the Son does the same thing — he gives life to whoever he chooses to.

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