John 17:1–11

Jesus Prays for Himself, His Disciples, and His Church

¹After saying this, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time is here. Give your Son glory so that your Son can give you glory. ²After all, you’ve given him authority over all humanity so that he can give eternal life to all those you gave to him. ³This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent. ⁴On earth I have given you glory by finishing the work you gave me to do. ⁵Now, Father, give me glory in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed. 

⁶“I made your name known to the people you gave me. They are from this world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They did what you told them. ⁷Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you, ⁸because I gave them the message that you gave me. They have accepted this message, and they know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me. 

⁹“I pray for them. I’m not praying for the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours. ¹⁰Everything I have is yours, and everything you have is mine. I have been given glory by the people you have given me. ¹¹I won’t be in the world much longer, but they are in the world, and I’m coming back to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me, so that their unity may be like ours.