John 17:1 - Jesus spoke these words and lifted his eyes up to heaven and said: Father, the time has come; glorify your son, so your son may glorify you:
John 17:2 - As you have given him authority over all beings, so he can give everlasting life to all those you provided him.
John 17:3 - And the true meaning of eternal is is this, that they get to know the real God, and his son Jesus, who you sent to earth.
John 17:4 - I have spread your glory everywhere in the world: I have completed the task that you asked of me.
John 17:5 - And now, God, glorify me with the same glory I enjoyed with you before the world began.
John 17:6 - I have showed you to the followers you gave me: they were yours first, and you gave them to me; and they have obeyed your commands.
John 17:7 - Now they know that all things that you have given me, are from you.
John 17:8 - I told them the message you gave me; and they received it, and they are convinced that I am a part of you, and they believe that you sent me.
John 17:9 - I pray for these people: I do not pray for the entire world, but I will pray for those you have given me because they belong to you.
John 17:10 - And all that are mine are yours, and all that are yours are mine and I am pleased with all of them.
John 17:11 - And now I am no longer an inhabitant of this world, but they are living in the world, and I have come to you. Holy Father, take care, through Your name, those that You have given Me charge over, that they may be united, even as We are.
John 17:12 - While I was living with them, I helped them stay true to you: I have kept all the followers you gave me on the right path, except the traitor; this is so all the prophecy can come true.
John 17:13 - And now I come to you to tell you these things, so that they can have all I have to offer and the joy it brings.
John 17:14 - I have told them your word; and the world has stopped them, because they are not part of the world, just as I am not of this world.
John 17:15 - I do not pray that you would take them out of this world, but that you would keep them from evil.
John 17:16 - They are not of this world just as I am not.
John 17:17 - Purify them with your truth: your word is the truth.
John 17:18 - As you have brought me into this world, so I have brought them into the world.
John 17:19 - I sanctify myself, for their sakes, that they, too, might be made holy through the truth.
John 17:20 - I’m not just praying for these disciples, but also for everyone who believes in Me because of what the disciples say.
John 17:21 - That all my be united; as your Father is in me, and I in you,that they all will be united with us: so the world will believe that you have sent me.
John 17:22 - And the glory you gave to me has given them; so they might be one, just like we are one.
John 17:23 - I am living in them, and you are living in me, that they may be perfected; and so outsiders will know that you sent me, and that you have loved them the same way you loved me.
John 17:24 - Jesus will share the glory given to him by his Father.
John 17:25 - Nobody had heard of God, but they now know that Jesus has been sent by him.
John 17:26 - I told them who I am and we should love each other.