Jesus Bible Verses About Love

Love is at the heart of Jesus’ teachings, revealing the depth of His compassion and the essence of His message. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus offers profound insights into what it means to love one another, demonstrating a love that is selfless, boundless, and transformative. In this post, we’ll explore Bible verses where Jesus speaks about love, uncovering the principles and examples He set for us. Join us as we delve into these powerful teachings and reflect on how we can embody this love in our daily lives.

Jesus Bible Verses About Love

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

John 15:13 – “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

John 15:9 – “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”

Matthew 22:37-39 – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Luke 10:27 – “He answered: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

John 13:34-35 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

1 John 4:9-10 – “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

John 14:21 – “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

John 14:23 – “Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’”

John 10:11 – “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

Matthew 5:44 – “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

Matthew 9:36 – “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”

Mark 10:21 – “Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’”

Luke 15:20 – “So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”

Luke 7:47 – “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

John 11:5 – “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.”

John 11:35 – “Jesus wept.”

John 6:37 – “All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.”

John 8:12 – “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’”

Matthew 20:28 – “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 11:28 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Mark 12:30-31 – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

John 17:23 – “I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”

John 15:7 – “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

Luke 6:35 – “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”

Matthew 18:12 – “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?”

Mark 9:37 – “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

Luke 22:42 – “‘Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.’”

John 7:37 – “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.”

John 10:28 – “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

John 13:1 – “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”

John 15:12 – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”

John 3:17 – “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

Matthew 5:48 – “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Luke 4:18 – “‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.’”

Matthew 12:18 – “‘Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.’”

Matthew 7:7 – “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

Luke 5:32 – “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Luke 8:50 – “Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.’”

John 14:18 – “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

Matthew 9:22 – “Jesus turned and saw her. ‘Take heart, daughter,’ he said, ‘your faith has healed you.’ And the woman was healed at that moment.”

John 8:36 – “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

John 11:40 – “Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?’”

Luke 12:32 – “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.”

Matthew 26:28 – “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

John 14:27 – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

John 9:5 – “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 8:12 – “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’”

John 11:23-24 – “Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha answered, ‘I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.’”

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