Now they understand that all the things that[a] you have given me are from you, because the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they received them[b] and know truly that I have come from you, and they have believed that you have sent me. I am asking on behalf of them. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you have given me, because they are yours,

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:7 Literally “whatever”
  2. John 17:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me(A) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(B) and they believed that you sent me.(C) I pray for them.(D) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(E) for they are yours.

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