John 17

1 After Jesus had said this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son may glorify you.ISV — John 17:1

2 For ^{a17:2 Lit. Just as} you have given him authority over all humanity ^{b17:2 Lit. flesh} so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.ISV — John 17:2

3 And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent—Jesus the Messiah. ^{c17:3 Or Christ}ISV — John 17:3

4 I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.ISV — John 17:4

5 “So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.ISV — John 17:5

6 I have made your name known to these men whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.ISV — John 17:6

7 Now they realize that everything you gave me comes from you,ISV — John 17:7

8 because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.ISV — John 17:8

9 “I am asking on their behalf. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you gave me, because they are yours.ISV — John 17:9

10 All that is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine, and I have been glorified through them.ISV — John 17:10

11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your Name, the Name ^{d17:11 Lit. the one} that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.ISV — John 17:11

12 While I was with them, I protected them by the authority ^{e17:12 Lit. by your name} that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for ^{f17:12 Lit. the son of} destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.ISV — John 17:12

13 “And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.ISV — John 17:13

14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.ISV — John 17:14

15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.ISV — John 17:15

16 They don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.ISV — John 17:16

17 “Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.ISV — John 17:17

18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.ISV — John 17:18

19 It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.ISV — John 17:19

20 I ask not only on behalf of these men, ^{g17:20 The Gk. lacks men} but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message,ISV — John 17:20

21 so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one ^{h17:21 Other mss. lack one} in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.ISV — John 17:21

22 “I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.ISV — John 17:22

23 I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.ISV — John 17:23

24 Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.ISV — John 17:24

25 “Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me.ISV — John 17:25

26 I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me ^{i17:26 Lit. the love with which you loved me} may be in them and I myself may be in them.”ISV — John 17:26