John 17:1–25

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven^a and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come.^b Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.^c For you granted him authority over all people^d that he might give eternal life^e to all those you have given him.^f Now this is eternal life: that they know you,^g the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.^h I have brought you gloryⁱ on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.^j And now, Father, glorify me^k in your presence with the glory I had with you^l before the world began.^m

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed you^a to those whom you gave me^b out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me^c and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,^d and they believed that you sent me.^e I pray for them.^f I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,^g for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.^h And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,ⁱ and I am coming to you.^j Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one^k as we are one.^l While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost^m except the one doomed to destructionⁿ so that Scripture would be fulfilled.^o

“I am coming to you now,^p but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy^q within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them,^r for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.^s My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.^t They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.^u Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.^v As you sent me into the world,^w I have sent them into the world.^x For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.^y

Jesus Prays for All Believers

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one,^a Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.^b May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.^c I have given them the glory that you gave me,^d that they may be one as we are one^e— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me^f and have loved them^g even as you have loved me.

“Father, I want those you have given me^h to be with me where I am,ⁱ and to see my glory,^j the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.^k

“Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,^l I know you, and they know that you have sent me.^m