John 17

The High Priestly Prayer

1Jesus spoke these things; and 1raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; 2glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, 2just as 3You gave Him authority over all 4mankind, so that 56to all whom You have given Him, 7He may give eternal life. 3And this is eternal life, that they may know You, 8the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom 9You have sent. 410I glorified You on the earth 1112by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do. 5And now You, Father, 13glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had 14with You before the world existed.

6“15I have revealed Your name to the men whom 16You gave Me out of the world; they were 17Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have 18followed Your word. 7Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; 8for 19the words which You gave Me 20I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that 21I came forth from You, and they believed that 22You sent Me. 923I ask on their behalf; 24I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom 25You have given Me, because 26they are Yours; 10and 27all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet 28they themselves are in the world, and 29I am coming to You. 30Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name 31which You have given Me, so that 32they may be one just as We are. 12While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, 33which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and 34not one of them perished except 35the 36son of destruction, so that the 37Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

13But now 38I am coming to You; and 39these things I speak in the world so that they may have My 40joy made full in themselves. 14I have given them Your word; and 41the world has hated them because 42they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from 4344the evil one. 1645They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 1746Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18Just as 47You sent Me into the world, 48I also sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes I 49sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be 50sanctified 51in truth.

20“I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, 21that they may all be one; 52just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, 53so that the world may 54believe that 55You sent Me.

Disciples’ Future Glory

22The 56glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; 2357I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected 58in unity, so that the world may 59know that 60You sent Me, and You 61loved them, just as You loved Me. 24Father, I desire that 62they also, whom You have given Me, 63be with Me where I am, so that they may see My 64glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before 65the foundation of the world.

25“66Righteous Father, 67although 68the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that 69You sent Me; 26and 70I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that 71the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”