John 16:25-17:19

New International Version

²⁵“Though I have been speaking figuratively,^(A) a time is coming^(B) when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. ²⁶In that day you will ask in my name.^(C) I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. ²⁷No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me^(D) and have believed that I came from God.^(E) ²⁸I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”^(F)

²⁹Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.^(G) ³⁰Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe^(H) that you came from God.”^(I)

³¹“Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. ³²“A time is coming^(J) and in fact has come when you will be scattered,^(K) each to your own home. You will leave me all alone.^(L) Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.^(M)

³³“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.^(N) In this world you will have trouble.^(O) But take heart! I have overcome^(P) the world.”

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven^(Q) and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come.^(R) Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.^(S) ²For you granted him authority over all people^(T) that he might give eternal life^(U) to all those you have given him.^(V) ³Now this is eternal life: that they know you,^(W) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.^(X) ⁴I have brought you glory^(Y) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.^(Z) ⁵And now, Father, glorify me^(AA) in your presence with the glory I had with you^(AB) before the world began.^(AC)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶“I have revealed you^[a]^(AD) to those whom you gave me^(AE) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. ⁷Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. ⁸For I gave them the words you gave me^(AF) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,^(AG) and they believed that you sent me.^(AH) ⁹I pray for them.^(AI) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,^(AJ) for they are yours. ¹⁰All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.^(AK) And glory has come to me through them. ¹¹I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,^(AL) and I am coming to you.^(AM) Holy Father, protect them by the power of^[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one^(AN) as we are one.^(AO) ¹²While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by^[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost^(AP) except the one doomed to destruction^(AQ) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.^(AR)

¹³“I am coming to you now,^(AS) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy^(AT) within them. ¹⁴I have given them your word and the world has hated them,^(AU) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.^(AV) ¹⁵My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.^(AW) ¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.^(AX) ¹⁷Sanctify them by^[d] the truth; your word is truth.^(AY) ¹⁸As you sent me into the world,^(AZ) I have sent them into the world.^(BA) ¹⁹For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.^(BB)