The Prayer of Jesus

17 When Jesus spoke these words, He lifted His eyes toward heaven and said:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may also glorify You. ² As You have given Him authority over all flesh, He will give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. ³ 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 the earth. I have finished the work You have given Me to do. ⁵ And now, O Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.

⁶ “I have revealed Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. ⁷ Now they know that all things You have given Me are from You. ⁸ For I have given them the words which You gave Me. They have received them and certainly know that I came 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 Me. For they are Yours. ¹⁰ All that are Mine are Yours, and all that are Yours are Mine. And I am glorified in them. ¹¹ I am to be no longer in the world, though these are in the world, for I am coming to You. Holy Father, through Your name keep those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are one. ¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. I have kept those whom You have given Me. And none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

¹³ “But now I am coming to You, and I say these things in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. ¹⁴ I have given them Your word. And the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world even as I am not of the world. ¹⁷ Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. ¹⁸ As You sent Me into the world, so I sent them into the world. ¹⁹ For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

²⁰ “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, ²¹ that they may all be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You. May they also be one in Us, that the world may believe that You have sent Me. ²² I have given them the glory which You gave Me, that they may be one even as We are one: ²³ I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfect in unity, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

²⁴ “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, that they may see My glory which You have given Me. For You loved Me before the creation of the world.

²⁵ “O righteous Father, the world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me. ²⁶ I have declared Your name to them, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

¹⁸ “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’^[a]

¹⁹ “Now I tell you before it happens, that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He. ²⁰ Truly, truly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me. And he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

Jesus Foretells His Betrayal^(A)

²¹ When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.”

²² The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom He spoke. ²³ Now there was leaning against Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples whom Jesus loved. ²⁴ Therefore Simon Peter motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.

²⁵ Leaning back against Jesus’ bosom, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” When He had dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷ After receiving the piece of bread, Satan entered him.

Then Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” ²⁸ But no one at the table knew why He said this to him. ²⁹ Since Judas had the moneybox, some thought that Jesus said to him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰ Having received the piece of bread, he then left immediately. And it was night.

²⁰ For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself does. And He will show Him greater works than these so that you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²² The Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all men should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

He Who Is Not Against Us Is for Us^(A)

³⁸ John answered Him, “Teacher, we saw one who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he was not following us.”

³⁹ But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in My name can quickly speak evil of Me. ⁴⁰ For he who is not against us is for us. ⁴¹ Truly I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, will not lose his reward.

⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven saying:

³ By this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴ Whoever says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But whoever keeps His word truly has the love of God perfected in him. By this we know we are in Him. ⁶ Whoever says he remains in Him ought to walk as He walked.