²⁸ I give them eternal life,^(A) and they shall never perish;^(B) no one will snatch them out of my hand.^{(C) 29} My Father, who has given them to me,^(D) is greater than all^[a];^(E) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

⁹ This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”^[a](A)