Read the Gospels in 40 Days
17 When Jesus had said these things, he looked up to heaven and said, `Father, the time has come now. Make your Son's name great, so that your Son may make your name great.
2 You have given your Son power over all people. So all those you have given him will live for ever.
3 You are the only true God. If they know you, and Jesus Christ whom you sent, they will live for ever.
4 I made your name great on earth. I have done the work you gave me to do.
5 So now, Father, let my name be great with you. Make my name as great as it was when I was with you before the world was made.
6 `I have shown these men who you really are. They are men whom you gave me from the world. They belonged to you and you gave them to me. They have obeyed you.
7 Now they really know that everything you gave me comes from you.
8 I have told them the things that you told me to tell them. And they have believed my words. They know it is true that I was with you before I came. They have believed that you sent me.
9 It is these men I am asking you for. I am not asking you for the people of the world. But I am asking for those you gave me, because they belong to you.
10 All those I have are yours. And all you have are mine. And they make my name great.
11 `I am not in the world any longer. But they are in the world. And I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me. Then they will be one, just as you and I are one.
12 While I was with them, I took care of them in your name, which you gave me. I have taken care of them. Only one of them is lost. That is the one who was born to be lost. What your book says came true.
13 Now I am coming to you. `I say these things while I am in the world so that they may be very glad, as I am.
14 I have told them what you said. The world has hated them because they do not belong to the world. So also, I do not belong to the world.
15 I do not ask you to take them out of the world. But I ask you to take care of them, so that the evil one of this world will not harm them.
16 They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
17 Make them clean by the true word and keep them for yourself. Your word is true.
18 I have sent them into the world as you sent me into the world.
19 I have made myself clean and kept myself for them, so that they may be clean and be kept for you also by the truth.
20 `I do not ask this for these people only; I ask it also for the people who will believe in me when they hear what these people say.
21 I do this so that the people will all be one. That is the same way with us. You, my Father, belong to me and I belong to you. I ask that they also may be joined to us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me.
22 I have made them great the way you have made me great. That makes us one, as we are one.
23 I belong to them and you belong to me, so that they all may be really one together. Then the world will know that you have sent me and that you have loved them just as you have loved me.
24 `Father, I want the people that you have given me to be with me. Then they will see that you made me great, because you loved me before you made the world.
25 Father, you are the one who is right. The world has not known you. But I have known you. These people know that you have sent me.
26 I have told them who you are. I will tell them again and again. Then they will love each other as much as you have loved me. And I will live in them.'
18 When Jesus had finished saying this, he and his disciples went through the valley called Kidron. There was a garden with trees. He and his disciples went into the garden.
2 Jesus had gone to this place often with his disciples, so Judas knew where the place was. He was the one who gave Jesus over to the people who hated him.
3 The chief priests and the Pharisees sent soldiers and guards with Judas. They had lamps, and torches, and things to fight with.
4 Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him. So he went out and said to them, `Who are you looking for?'
5 They answered, `Jesus from Nazareth.' Jesus said to them, `I am he.' Judas, who had given Jesus over to them, was standing with them.
6 When Jesus said to them, `I am he,' they all drew back suddenly and fell down.
7 So Jesus asked them again, `Who are you looking for?' And they said, `Jesus from Nazareth.'
8 Then Jesus answered, `I have already told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.'
9 So his words came true. He had said, `I did not lose one of those you gave me.'
10 Simon Peter had a long knife or sword. He took it out and hit the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 Jesus said to Peter, `Put your sword back in its place. Must I not drink the cup that my Father has given me?'
12 Then the soldiers, and the captain, and the guards caught Jesus and tied him up.
13 First they took him to Annas. He was the father of Caiaphas' wife. Caiaphas was the high priest that year.
14 This was the same Caiaphas that had talked to the leaders of the Jews. He had said, `It is better for one man to die for the people.'
15 Simon Peter and one other disciple went after Jesus. The other disciple knew the high priest, so he went right in with Jesus through the gate of the high priest's large house.
16 But Peter stood by the gate outside. The other disciple who knew the high priest talked to the servant at the door and brought in Peter.
17 The servant at the door said to Peter, `Are you one of this man's disciples too?' Peter said, `No, I am not!'
18 It was cold there. The servants and the officers had made a small fire. They stood by it and warmed themselves. Peter stood by the fire also and warmed himself.
19 The high priest then asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
20 Jesus answered him, `I have talked so that anyone who wanted to could hear me. I have always taught in the meeting houses and in the temple. That is where the Jews always go. I have not said anything in a secret way.
21 Why do you ask me? The people heard me talk. Ask them what I told them. They know what I said.'
22 When he had said this, one of the officers who stood there hit Jesus. He said, `Is that the way you answer the high priest?'
23 Jesus answered him, `If I have said anything bad, tell me plainly what wrong thing I have said. If I have told the truth, why do you hit me?'
24 Jesus was still tied up. Annas sent him over to Caiaphas the high priest.
25 Simon Peter stayed by the fire and stood warming himself. So the people said to him, `Are you not one of his disciples also?' He said, `No, I am not!'
26 A servant was there. He was of the same family as the one whose ear Peter had cut off. He said, `Did I not see you in the garden with him? `
27 Again Peter said, `No!' And just then a cock called out.
28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the court house. It was early in the day. They themselves did not go into the court house. They did not want to become unclean. They wanted to eat the Passover Feast.
29 Pilate went out to the Jewish leaders and said, `What complaint do you bring against this man?'
30 They said to him, `If he were not a very bad man, then we would not have brought him to you.'
31 Pilate said, `Take him and judge him by your own law.' The leaders of the Jews said, `But we are not allowed to kill anyone.'
32 So this is the way the words of Jesus came true. He had said how he was going to die.
33 Then Pilate went back into the court house again. He called for Jesus and asked him, `Are you the King of the Jews?'
34 Jesus answered, `Do you ask me because you yourself think I am, or do you ask me because others said I am?'
35 Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? Your own people and the chief priests have brought you here to me. Tell me, what have you done?'
36 Jesus answered him, `I am not a king in this world. If I were, my people would fight so that I would not be given to the Jews. But I am not a king in this world.'
37 So Pilate said, `So you really are a king then? ` Jesus answered, `You say that I am a king. The reason that I was born was that I should tell what is true. That is why I came into the world. Everyone who likes what is true listens to what I say.'
38 Pilate said, `What is truth?' When he had said this, he went out to the Jews again. He told them, `I find nothing wrong in this man.
39 But at the Passover Feast you always want me to let one prisoner go free for you. Do you want me to let the King of the Jews go free?'
40 Then they all shouted again, `Not this man, but Barabbas!' Barabbas was a man who had stolen things.
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