201.
Jesus
Intercedes For His Disciples
(Location:
The Upper Room, Jerusalem In Judea)
JOHN
17:
1 After Jesus said this, He looked toward Heaven and
prayed: “Father,
the hour has come. Glorify
your Son so that the Son may glorify You. 2 For
you granted Him authority over all people that He might give
eternal life to all those You have given Him. 3 Now
this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, Whom You have sent. 4 I
have brought You glory on earth by completing the work You gave Me
to do. 5 And
now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with
You before the world began.
6 "I
have revealed You to those whom You gave Me out of the world. They
were Yours; You gave them to Me and they have obeyed Your word. 7 Now
they know that everything You have given Me comes from You. 8 For
I gave them the words You gave Me and they accepted them. They
knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that
You sent Me. 9 I
pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you
have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 All
I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine. And glory has come to
Me through them.
11 I
will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the
world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by the
power of Your Name--the Name you gave Me--so that they may be one
as We are One. 12 While
I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that Name
You gave Me. None has been lost except the one doomed to
destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 "I
am coming to You now, but I say these things while I am still in
the world, so that they may have the full measure of My joy within
them. 14 I
have given them Your Word and the world has hated them, for they
are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My
prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You
protect them from the evil one. 16 They
are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
17 Sanctify
them by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. 18 As
You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For
them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly
sanctified.
20 "My
prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will
believe in Me through their message, 21 that
all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in
You. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that You
have sent Me. 22 I
have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they may be one
as We are One: 23 I
in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to
let the world know that You sent Me and have loved them even as
You have loved Me.
24 "Father,
I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, and to
see My glory, the glory You have given Me because You loved Me
before the creation of the world. 25 "Righteous
Father, though the world does not know You, I know You, and they
know that You have sent Me. 26 I
have made You known to them, and will continue to make You known
in order that the love You have for Me may be in them and that I
Myself may be in them."
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