John 17:1–26

Christ Prays for Himself

17Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, ^athe hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, ^2bas You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He ¹should give eternal life to as many ^cas You have given Him. ³And ^dthis is eternal life, that they may know You, ^ethe only true God, and Jesus Christ ^fwhom You have sent. ^4gI have glorified You on the earth. ^hI have finished the work ⁱwhich You have given Me to do. ⁵And now, O Father, glorify Me together ²with Yourself, with the glory ^jwhich I had with You before the world was.

Christ Prays for His Disciples

^6k“I have ³manifested Your name to the men ^lwhom You have given Me out of the world. ^mThey were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. ⁷Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. ⁸For I have given to them the words ⁿwhich You have given Me; and they have received them, ^oand have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that ^pYou sent Me.

⁹“I pray for them. ^qI do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. ¹⁰And all Mine are Yours, and ^rYours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. ^11sNow I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, ^tkeep ⁴through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one ^uas We are. ¹²While I was with them ⁵in the world, ^vI kept them in ⁶Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and ^wnone of them is ⁷lost ^xexcept the son of ⁸perdition, ^ythat the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. ¹⁴I have given them Your word; ^zand the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ^ajust as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but ^bthat You should keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17cSanctify ⁹them by Your truth. ^dYour word is truth. ^18eAs You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. ¹⁹And ^ffor their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Christ Prays for All Believers

²⁰“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who ¹will believe in Me through their word; ^21gthat they all may be one, as ^hYou, 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. ²²And the ⁱglory which You gave Me I have given them, ^jthat they may be one just as We are one: ²³I in them, and You in Me; ^kthat 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.

^24l“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; ^mfor You loved Me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵O righteous Father! ⁿThe world has not known You, but ^oI have known You; and ^pthese have known that You sent Me. ^26qAnd I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love ^rwith which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”