17John 17

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

1After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.Select John 17:1

2For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.Select John 17:2

3And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.Select John 17:3

4I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.Select John 17:4

5Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.Select John 17:5

6“I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,Select John 17:6

7and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.Select John 17:7

8I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.Select John 17:8

9“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.Select John 17:9

10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine; and my glory is shown through them.Select John 17:10

11And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.Select John 17:11

12While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.Select John 17:12

13And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.Select John 17:13

14I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.Select John 17:14

15I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One.Select John 17:15

16Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world.Select John 17:16

17Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth.Select John 17:17

18I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.Select John 17:18

19And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.Select John 17:19

20“I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message.Select John 17:20

21I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.Select John 17:21

22I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one:Select John 17:22

23I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.Select John 17:23

24“Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.Select John 17:24

25Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me.Select John 17:25

26I made you known to them, and I will continue to do so, in order that the love you have for me may be in them, and so that I also may be in them.”Select John 17:26