11 (A)Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, (B)keep[a] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one (C)as We are. 12 While I was with them [b]in the world, (D)I kept them in [c]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and (E)none of them is [d]lost (F)except the son of [e]perdition, (G)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; (H)and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, (I)just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but (J)that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (K)Sanctify[f] them by Your truth. (L)Your word is truth. 18 (M)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And (N)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [g]will believe in Me through their word; 21 (O)that they all may be one, as (P)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the (Q)glory which You gave Me I have given them, (R)that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; (S)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

24 (T)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; (U)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! (V)The world has not known You, but (W)I have known You; and (X)these have known that You sent Me. 26 (Y)And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love (Z)with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:11 NU, M keep them through Your name which You have given Me
  2. John 17:12 NU omits in the world
  3. John 17:12 NU Your name which You gave Me. And I guarded them; (or it;)
  4. John 17:12 destroyed
  5. John 17:12 destruction
  6. John 17:17 Set them apart
  7. John 17:20 NU, M omit will

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