14 The Word became flesh(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(C) and truth.(D)

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Jesus answered, “I am(A) the way(B) and the truth(C) and the life.(D) No one comes to the Father except through me.(E)

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I pray for them.(A) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(B) for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.(C) And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(D) and I am coming to you.(E) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[a] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(F) as we are one.(G) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[b] that name you gave me. None has been lost(H) except the one doomed to destruction(I) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(J)

13 “I am coming to you now,(K) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(L) within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(M) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(N) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(O) 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(P) 17 Sanctify them by[c] the truth; your word is truth.(Q) 18 As you sent me into the world,(R) I have sent them into the world.(S) 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.(T)

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
  2. John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
  3. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with

At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.(A) The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.(B) Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap,(C) in order to have a basis for accusing him.(D)

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone(E) at her.”(F) Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,”(G) Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”(H)


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