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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 made your name known to these men whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they realize that everything you gave me comes from you, because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

“I am asking on their behalf. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you gave me, because they are yours. 10 All that is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine, and I have been glorified through them. 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your Name, the Name[a] that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them by the authority[b] that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for[c] destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

13 “And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one. 16 They don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.

17 “Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:11 Lit. the one
  2. John 17:12 Lit. by your name
  3. John 17:12 Lit. the son of