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Jesus Prays for His Disciples

(A)I have manifested Your name to the men whom (B)You gave Me out of the world; they were (C)Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have (D)kept Your word. Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; for (E)the words which You gave Me (F)I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that (G)I came forth from You, and they believed that (H)You sent Me. (I)I ask on their behalf; (J)I do not ask on behalf of the world but of those whom (K)You have given Me; for (L)they are Yours; 10 and (M)all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world; and yet (N)they themselves are in the world, and (O)I come to You. (P)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name (Q)which You have given Me, that (R)they may be one even as We are. 12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name (S)which You have given Me; and I guarded them and (T)not one of them perished but (U)the [a]son of perdition, so that the (V)Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 But now (W)I come to You; and (X)these things I speak in the world so that they may have My (Y)joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and (Z)the world has hated them, because (AA)they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them [b]from [c](AB)the evil one. 16 (AC)They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 (AD)Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. 18 As (AE)You sent Me into the world, (AF)I also sent them into the world. 19 For their sake I (AG)sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be (AH)sanctified (AI)in truth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:12 Heb idiom for one destined to perish
  2. John 17:15 Or out of the power of
  3. John 17:15 Or evil

“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from this world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. This is because I gave them the words that you gave me, and they received them. They truly understood that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

“I’m praying for them. I’m not praying for the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours. 10 Everything that is mine is yours and everything that is yours is mine; I have been glorified in them. 11 I’m no longer in the world, but they are in the world, even as I’m coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them in your name, the name you gave me, that they will be one just as we are one. 12 When I was with them, I watched over them in your name, the name you gave to me, and I kept them safe. None of them were lost, except the one who was destined for destruction, so that scripture would be fulfilled. 13 Now I’m coming to you and I say these things while I’m in the world so that they can share completely in my joy. 14 I gave your word to them and the world hated them, because they don’t belong to this world, just as I don’t belong to this world. 15 I’m not asking that you take them out of this world but that you keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They don’t belong to this world, just as I don’t belong to this world. 17 Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 I made myself holy on their behalf so that they also would be made holy in the truth.

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