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from God.* 28 Yes, I came from the Father into
the world, and now I will leave the world and
return to the Father.”
29 Then his disciples said, “At last you are
speaking plainly and not figuratively. 30 Now
we understand that you know everything, and
there’s no need to question you. From this we
believe that you came from God.”
31
Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe?
32 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here
now—when you will be scattered, each one
going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I
am not alone because the Father is with me.
33 I have told you all this so that you may have
peace in me. Here on earth you will have
many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
The Prayer of Jesus
After saying all these things,
Jesus
looked up to heaven and said, “Father,
the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can
give glory back to you. 2 For you have given
him authority over everyone. He gives eternal
life to each one you have given him. 3And this
is the way to have eternal life—to know you,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one
you sent to earth. 4 I brought glory to you here
on earth by completing the work you gave me
to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the glory we
shared before the world began.
6 “I have revealed you* to the ones you gave
me from this world. They were always yours.
You gave them to me, and they have kept
your word. 7 Now they know that everything
I have is a gift from you, 8 for I have passed
on to them the message you gave me. They
accepted it and know that I came from you,
and they believe you sent me.
9 “My prayer is not for the world, but for
those you have given me, because they belong
to you. 10All who are mine belong to you, and
you have given them to me, so they bring me
glory. 11 Now I am departing from the world;
they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me
your name;* now protect them by the power
of your name so that they will be united just
as we are. 12 During my time here, I protected
them by the power of the name you gave me.*
I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the
Scriptures foretold.
13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them
many things while I was with them in this
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world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I
have given them your word. And the world
hates them because they do not belong to the
world, just as I do not belong to the world.
15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the
world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.
16 They do not belong to this world any more
than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth;
teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just
as you sent me into the world, I am sending
them into the world. 19And I give myself as a
holy sacrifice for them so they can be made
holy by your truth.
20 “I am praying not only for these disciples
but also for all who will ever believe in me
through their message. 21 I pray that they will
all be one, just as you and I are one—as you
are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may
they be in us so that the world will believe you
sent me.
22 “I have given them the glory you gave me,
so they may be one as we are one. 23 I am in
them and you are in me. May they experience
such perfect unity that the world will know
that you sent me and that you love them as
much as you love me. 24 Father, I want these
whom you have given me to be with me where
I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave
me because you loved me even before the
world began!
25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t
know you, but I do; and these disciples
know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to
them, and I will continue to do so. Then your
love for me will be in them, and I will be in
them.”
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
After saying these things, Jesus crossed
the Kidron Valley with his disciples
and entered a grove of olive trees. 2 Judas,
the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus
had often gone there with his disciples. 3 The
leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas
a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple
guards to accompany him. Now with blazing
torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived
at the olive grove.
4 Jesus fully realized all that was going to
happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet
them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.
5 “Jesus the Nazarene,”* they replied.
“I Am he,”* Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) 6As
Jesus said “I Am he,” they all drew back and
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1 6:27 Some manuscripts read from the Father.
17:6 Greek have revealed your name; also in 17:26. 17:11 Some manuscripts
read you have given me these [disciples].
17:12 Some manuscripts read I protected those you gave me, by the power of your
name.
18:5a Or Jesus of Nazareth; also in 18:7. 18:5b Or “The ‘I Am’ is here”; or “I am the Lord”; Greek reads I am; also in
18:6, 8. See Exod 3:14.
