John 17:1-26.

John 17:1-26 (Good News Translation)
 

1After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said,
         Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the
Son may give glory to you.
          2For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might
give eternal life to all those you gave him.

          3And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to
know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
          4I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you
gave me to do.
          5Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I
had with you before the world was made.

          6I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world.
They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,
          7and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.
          8I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received
it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that
you sent me.

          9I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those you
gave me, for they belong to you.
          10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine; and my glory
is shown through them.
          11And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but
they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your
name, the name you gave me,
          so that they may be one just as you and I are one.

          12While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your
name, the name you gave me.
          I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man
who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.
          13And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the
world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.
          14I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because
they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
          15I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask
you to keep them safe from the Evil One.
          16Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to
the world.
          17Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is
truth.
          18I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the
world.
          19And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that
they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

          20I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in
me because of their message.
          21I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us,
just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world
will believe that you sent me.
          22I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be
one, just as you and I are one:
          23I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one,
in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them
as you love me.

          24Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with
me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for
you loved me before the world was made.
          25Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know
you, and these know that you sent me.
          26I made you known to them, and I will continue to do so, in
order that the love you have for me may be in them, and so that I also may
be in them.

 

God bless you.