John 16:32–17:21

³²“Behold, ^aan hour is coming, and has already come, for ^byou to be scattered, each to ^chis own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^dI am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

³³“These things I have spoken to you, so that ^ain Me you may have peace. ^bIn the world you have tribulation, but ^ctake courage; ^dI have overcome the world.”

Chapter 17

The High Priestly Prayer

¹Jesus spoke these things; and ^alifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; ^bglorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

²even as ^aYou gave Him authority over all flesh, that ^bto ¹all whom You have given Him, ^cHe may give eternal life.

³“This is eternal life, that they may know You, ^athe only true God, and Jesus Christ whom ^bYou have sent.

⁴“^aI glorified You on the earth, ^1bhaving accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

⁵“Now, Father, ^aglorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had ^bwith You before the world was.

⁶“^aI have manifested Your name to the men whom ^bYou gave Me out of the world; they were ^cYours and You gave them to Me, and they have ^dkept Your word.

⁷“Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;

⁸for ^athe words which You gave Me ^bI have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that ^cI came forth from You, and they believed that ^dYou sent Me.

⁹“^aI ask on their behalf; ^bI do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom ^cYou have given Me; for ^dthey are Yours;

¹⁰and ^aall things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.

¹¹“I am no longer in the world; and yet ^athey themselves are in the world, and ^bI come to You. ^cHoly Father, keep them in Your name, the name ^dwhich You have given Me, that ^ethey may be one even as We are.

¹²“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name ^awhich You have given Me; and I guarded them and ^bnot one of them perished but ^cthe ¹son of perdition, so that the ^dScripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

¹³“But now ^aI come to You; and ^bthese things I speak in the world so that they may have My ^cjoy made full in themselves.

¹⁴“I have given them Your word; and ^athe world has hated them, because ^bthey 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 ¹from ^2athe evil one.

¹⁶“^aThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁷“^aSanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

¹⁸“As ^aYou sent Me into the world, ^bI also have sent them into the world.

¹⁹“For their sakes I ^asanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be ^bsanctified ^cin truth.

²⁰“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;

²¹that they may all be one; ^aeven as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, ^bso that the world may ¹believe that ^cYou sent Me.