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John 17
New King James Version

### Jesus Prays for Himself

17 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, (A)the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 (B)as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He [a]should give eternal life to as many (C)as You have given Him. 3 And (D)this is eternal life, that they may know You, (E)the only true God, and Jesus Christ (F)whom You have sent. 4 (G)I have glorified You on the earth. (H)I have finished the work (I)which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together [b]with Yourself, with the glory (J)which I had with You before the world was.

### Jesus Prays for His Disciples

6 (K)“I have [c]manifested Your name to the men (L)whom You have given Me out of the world. (M)They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. 8 For I have given to them the words (N)which You have given Me; and they have received them, (O)and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that (P)You sent Me.

9 “I pray for them. (Q)I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and (R)Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 (S)Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, (T)keep[d] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one (U)as We are. 12 While I was with them [e]in the world, (V)I kept them in [f]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and (W)none of them is [g]lost (X)except the son of [h]perdition, (Y)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; (Z)and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, (AA)just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but (AB)that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (AC)Sanctify[i] them by Your truth. (AD)Your word is truth. 18 (AE)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And (AF)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

### Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [j]will believe in Me through their word; 21 (AG)that they all may be one, as (AH)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the (AI)glory which You gave Me I have given them, (AJ)that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; (AK)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

24 (AL)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; (AM)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! (AN)The world has not known You, but (AO)I have known You; and (AP)these have known that You sent Me. 26 (AQ)And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love (AR)with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

#### Footnotes

1. John 17:2 M shall
2. John 17:5 Lit. alongside
3. John 17:6 revealed
4. John 17:11 NU, M keep them through Your name which You have given Me
5. John 17:12 NU omits in the world
6. John 17:12 NU Your name which You gave Me. And I guarded them; (or it;)
7. John 17:12 destroyed
8. John 17:12 destruction
9. John 17:17 Set them apart
10. John 17:20 NU, M omit will

#### Cross references

1. John 17:1 : John 12:23
2. John 17:2 : Dan. 7:14; Matt. 11:27; John 3:35; [Phil. 2:10; Heb. 2:8]
3. John 17:2 : John 6:37, 39; 17:6, 9, 24
4. John 17:3 : [Is. 53:11]; Jer. 9:23, 24
5. John 17:3 : 1 Cor. 8:4; 1 Thess. 1:9
6. John 17:3 : John 3:34
7. John 17:4 : John 13:31
8. John 17:4 : [Dan. 9:24]; John 4:34; 19:30
9. John 17:4 : Is. 49:3; 50:5; John 14:31
10. John 17:5 : Prov. 8:22–30; John 1:1, 2; Phil. 2:6; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3
11. John 17:6 : Ps. 22:22
12. John 17:6 : John 6:37
13. John 17:6 : Ezek. 18:4; Rom. 14:8
14. John 17:8 : John 8:28
15. John 17:8 : John 8:42; 16:27, 30
16. John 17:8 : Deut. 18:15, 18
17. John 17:9 : [1 John 5:19]
18. John 17:10 : John 16:15
19. John 17:11 : [Mark 16:19; Luke 24:51]; John 13:1; [Acts 1:9; Heb. 4:14; 9:24; 1 Pet. 3:22]
20. John 17:11 : [1 Pet. 1:5]; Jude 1
21. John 17:11 : John 10:30
22. John 17:12 : Heb. 2:13
23. John 17:12 : [John 6:39; 18:9]; 1 John 2:19
24. John 17:12 : Matt. 27:4, 5; John 6:70; Acts 1:16–20
25. John 17:12 : Ps. 41:9; 109:8; John 13:18; Acts 1:20
26. John 17:14 : Matt. 24:9; Luke 6:22; 21:17; John 15:19; 1 John 3:13
27. John 17:14 : John 8:23
28. John 17:15 : Matt. 6:13; Gal. 1:4; 2 Thess. 3:3; [2 Tim. 4:18]; 2 Pet. 2:9; 1 John 5:18
29. John 17:17 : [Acts 15:9; Eph. 5:26; 1 Pet. 1:22]
30. John 17:17 : Ps. 119:9, 142, 151
31. John 17:18 : John 4:38; 20:21
32. John 17:19 : 1 Cor. 1:2; 1 Thess. 4:7; [Heb. 10:10]
33. John 17:21 : [John 10:16; Rom. 12:5; Gal. 3:28]; Eph. 4:4, 6
34. John 17:21 : John 10:38; 17:11, 23
35. John 17:22 : John 14:20; 1 John 1:3
36. John 17:22 : [2 Cor. 3:18]
37. John 17:23 : [Col. 3:14]
38. John 17:24 : [John 12:26; 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:17]
39. John 17:24 : Matt. 25:34; John 17:5
40. John 17:25 : John 15:21
41. John 17:25 : John 7:29; 8:55; 10:15
42. John 17:25 : John 3:17; 17:3, 8, 18, 21, 23
43. John 17:26 : Ex. 34:5–7; John 17:6
44. John 17:26 : John 15:9; [Eph. 3:17–19]

New King James Version (NKJV)

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