John 17
1 Jesus said these things, and then, lifting up his eyes toward heaven, he said: Father, the hour has arrived: glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you,2 just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.3 And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.4 I have glorified you on earth. I have completed the work that you gave me to accomplish.5 And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was.6 I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given to me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me. And they have kept your word.7 Now they realize that all the things that you have given me are from you.8 For I have given them the words that you gave to me. And they have accepted these words, and they have truly understood that I went forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.9 I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given to me. For they are yours.10 And all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine, and I am glorified in this.11 And though I am not in the world, these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Father most holy, preserve them in your name, those whom you have given to me, so that they may be one, even as we are one.12 While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those whom you have given to me, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.13 And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves.14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I, too, am not of the world.15 I am not praying that you would take them out of the world, but that you would preserve them from evil.16 They are not of the world, just as I also am not of the world.17 Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.18 Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.19 And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.20 But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.21 So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me.22 And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as we also are one.23 I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be perfected as one. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also loved me.24 Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world.25 Father most just, the world has not known you. But I have known you. And these have known that you sent me.26 And I have made known your name to them, and I will make it known, so that the love in which you have loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.
John 17
Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him
1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upwardts to heavent and said, “Father, the timets has come. Glorify your Son, so that yourst Son may glorify you –2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity,t so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.t3 Now thist is eternal lifes – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,t whom you sent.4 I glorified you on earth by completingts the work you gave me to do.t
5 And now, Father, glorify me at your sidet with the glory I had with you before the world was created.ts
Jesus Prays for the Disciples
6 “I have revealedt your name to the ment you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you,t and you gave them to me, and they have obeyedt your word.7 Now they understandt that everythingt you have given me comes from you,8 because I have given them the words you have given me. Theyt acceptedt themt and reallyt understandt that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.9 I am prayingt on behalf of them. I am not prayingt on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.t10 Everythingt I have belongs to you,t and everything you have belongs to me,t and I have been glorified by them.ts11 It am no longer in the world, butt they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safet in your namet that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.t12 When I was with them I kept them safet and watched over themt in your namet that you have given me. Not onet of them was lost except the one destined for destruction,tst so that the scripture could be fulfilled.s13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experiencet my joy completedt in themselves.14 I have given them your word,t and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world,t just as I do not belong to the world.t15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safet from the evil one.t16 They do not belong to the worldt just as I do not belong to the world.t17 Set them apartts in the truth; your word is truth.18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.s
19 And I set myself apartts on their behalf,t so that they too may be truly set apart.t
Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere
20 “I am not prayingt only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believet in me through their testimony,t21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I prayt that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.22 The gloryt you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one –
23 I in them and you in me – that they may be completely one,t so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am,t so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the worldt.25 Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these ment know that you sent me.
26 I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known,t so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”