John 17:1–25

Jesus Prays for Himself

17Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said:

Father,

the hour has come.

Glorify Your Son

so that the Son ^hmay glorify You, ⁱ

²for You gave Him authority

over all flesh; ^jk

so He may give eternal life ^l

to all You have given Him. ^m

³This is eternal life:

that they may know You, the only ⁿtrue ^oGod,

and the One You have sent ^p—Jesus Christ. ^q

⁴I have glorified You on the earth

by completing the work You gave Me to do.

⁵Now, Father, ^rglorify Me in Your presence

with that glory ^sI had with You

before the world existed. ^t

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶I have revealed Your name ^u

to the men You gave Me ^vfrom the world. ^w

They were Yours, You gave them to Me, ^x

and they have kept Your word. ^y

⁷Now they know that all things

You have given to Me are from You,

⁸because the words that You gave Me, ^z

I have given them.

They have received them

and have known for certain

that I came from You. ^a

They have believed that You sent Me.

⁹I pray ^bfor them.

I am not praying for the ^•world

but for those You have given Me, ^c

because they are Yours.

¹⁰Everything I have is Yours,

and everything You have is Mine, ^d

and I have been glorified in them.

¹¹I am no longer in the world,

but they are in the world,

and I am coming to You. ^e

Holy ^fFather,

protect ^gthem by Your name ^h

that You have given Me,

so that they may be one ⁱas We are ^jone.

¹²While I was with them,

I was protecting them by Your name

that You have given Me.

I guarded ^kthem and not one of them is lost,

except the son of destruction, ^l

so that the Scripture ^mmay be fulfilled. ⁿ

¹³Now I am coming to You,

and I speak these things in the world

so that they may have My joy completed in them.

¹⁴I have given them Your word.

The world hated ^othem

because they are not of the world, ^p

as I am not of the world. ^q

¹⁵I am not praying

that You take them out of the world

but that You protect them from the evil one. ^r

¹⁶They are not of the world,

as I am not of the world. ^s

^17•Sanctify ^tuthem by the truth; ^v

Your word is truth.

¹⁸As You sent Me into the world, ^w

I also have sent them into the world.

¹⁹I sanctify Myself for them,

so they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰I pray not only for these,

but also for those who believe in Me

through their message.

²¹May they all be one, ^x

as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. ^y

May they also be one ^zin Us,

so the world may believe You sent Me.

²²I have given them the glory ^aYou have given Me.

May they be one as We are one.

²³I am in them and You are in Me. ^b

May they be made completely one,

so the world may know You have sent Me

and have loved ^cthem as You have loved Me. ^d

²⁴Father,

I desire those You have given Me

to be with Me where I am. ^e

Then they will see My glory,

which You have given Me

because You loved Me before the world’s foundation.

²⁵Righteous Father!

The world has not known You.

However, I have known You, ^f

and these have known that You sent Me.