John 17:11-21

11 And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we [are].

12 When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

13 And now I am coming to you, and I am saying these [things] in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world just as I am not of the world.

15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.

16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them in the truth--your word is truth.

18 Just as you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

19 And for them I sanctify myself, so that [they] themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.

Jesus Prays for the Unity of Believers

20 "And I do not ask on behalf of these only, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

21 that they all may be one, just as you, Father, [are] in me and I [am] in you, that they also may be in us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me.