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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

In the original Greek

μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.

Jesus

John 15:13 · 90

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 15:13).

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