Gospel of John 17
Jesus prays for himself
1 After Jesus said this, he looked up to *heaven. He said, ‘Father, it is the time. Show how great and how good your Son is. So then I (the Son) can show how great and how good you are.
2 You gave to me (the Son) authority over all people. You did this so that I (the Son) could cause people to live always. I could cause all those people that you gave to me to live always.
3 And this is how they will live always. They will live because they will know you. They will know you. And only you really are God. And they will know Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
4 I have finished the work that you gave to me to do. And so, I have shown on the earth how great and how good you are.
5 Now, Father, show how great and how good I am. Before the world began, I was with you. I was great and powerful with you. Show again that I am great like that.’
Jesus prays for his *disciples
6 ‘You gave some men to me out of the world. I have shown them who you are. They were yours. You gave them to me, and they have obeyed your words.
7 Now they know about me. Everything that you have given to me really comes from you. They know that now.
8 I gave to them the words that you gave to me. And they accepted those words. They know certainly that I came from you. They believe that you sent me.’
9 ‘I pray for them. I am not praying for the people who belong to this world. No, but I am praying for those people that you have given to me. I am praying for them because they are yours.
10 Everything that is mine is yours. And everything that is yours is mine. And these people have shown how great and how good I am.
11 Now, I will not remain in the world any longer. I will come to you. But they are still in the world. Holy (completely good) Father, keep them safe in your name (by your own *power), that you gave to me. So then they can be united in the same way that you and I are united.
12 While I was with them, I kept them safe. I kept them safe in your name (by your own *power), that you gave to me. I kept them safe so that none of them went the wrong way, except one. That was the man who had to go the wrong way. What the *Old Testament says had to happen.’ note
13 ‘Now, I will come to you. But I am saying these things while I am still in the world. I am saying them so that these men can be completely happy in their *hearts. I want them to become completely happy in the same way that I am completely happy.
14 I have given your words to them. And the world’s people have *hated them because they do not belong to the world. They do not belong to the world, in the same way that I do not belong to the world.
15 I am not asking that you will take them out of the world. But I want you to keep them safe from him who is bad (the *Devil). So I am asking you to do that.
16 They do not belong to the world, in the same way that I do not belong to the world.
17 Make them separate for yourself by your words, which are true.
18 I have sent them into the world, in the same way that you sent me into the world.
19 On behalf of them, I make myself separate, so that I obey only you. So then they can become separate for you also, by what is true.’
Jesus prays for everyone who will believe him
20 ‘I do not pray only for these people. I pray also for those people who will believe me because of their words.
21 I pray that all of them will be united. You, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be united in us. So then the world’s people will believe that you sent me.
22 I have given to them the great and special gift that you gave to me. Now they can be united in the same way that you and I are united.
23 I will be in them, and you will be in me. So then they can be completely united. And, as a result, the world’s people will know that you sent me. The world’s people will know that you love them. You love them as you love me.’
24 ‘Father, you have given these people to me. And I want them to be with me where I am. You made me great and powerful because you loved me. You loved me before you made the world. And I want these people to see how great and how powerful I am.
25 Father, you always do what is right. The world’s people do not know you, but I know you. And these *disciples know that you have sent me.
26 I have shown them what you are like. And I will continue to show them who you are. So then they will love other people in the same way that you love me. And so I can be in them.’ note
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