Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed your name(A) to the people you gave me(B) from the world.(C) They were yours, you gave them to me,(D) and they have kept your word.(E) Now they know that everything you have given me is from you, because I have given them the words you gave me.(F) They have received them and have known for certain that I came from you.(G) They have believed that you sent me.

“I pray[a] for them. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me,(H) because they are yours. 10 Everything I have is yours, and everything you have is mine,(I) and I am glorified in them. 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.(J) Holy(K) Father, protect[b] them by your name(L) that you have given me, so that they may be one(M) as we are(N) one. 12 While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded(O) them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction,[c] so that the Scripture(P) may be fulfilled.(Q) 13 Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them. 14 I have given them your word. The world hated(R) them because they are not of the world,(S) just as I am not of the world.(T) 15 I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(U) 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.(V) 17 Sanctify(W) them by the truth; (X) your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world,(Y) I also have sent them into the world. 19 I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:9 Lit ask (throughout this passage)
  2. 17:11 Lit keep (throughout this passage)
  3. 17:12 The one destined for destruction, loss, or perdition

“I have revealed you[a] to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.

“My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. 11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;[b] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. 12 During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me.[c] I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.

13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:6 Greek have revealed your name; also in 17:26.
  2. 17:11 Some manuscripts read you have given me these [disciples].
  3. 17:12 Some manuscripts read I protected those you gave me, by the power of your name.