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1 After Yeshua had said these things, he looked up toward heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son may glorify you --
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Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:
2 just as you gave him authority over all mankind, so that he might give eternal life to all those whom you have given him.
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Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.
3 And eternal life is this: to know you, the one true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.
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And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
4 "I glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
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I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
5 Now, Father, glorify me alongside yourself. Give me the same glory I had with you before the world existed.
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And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.
6 "I made your name known to the people you gave me out of the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
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I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.
7 Now they know that everything you have given me is from you,
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Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:
8 because the words you gave me I have given to them, and they have received them. They have really come to know that I came from you, and they have come to trust that you sent me.
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Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.
9 "I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given to me, because they are yours.
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My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours
10 Indeed, all I have is yours, and all you have is mine, and in them I have been glorified.
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(All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.
11 Now I am no longer in the world. They are in the world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, guard them by the power of your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we are.
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And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.
12 When I was with them, I guarded them by the power of your name, which you have given to me; yes, I kept watch over them; and not one of them was destroyed (except the one meant for destruction, so that the Tanakh might be fulfilled).
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While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.
13 But now, I am coming to you; and I say these things while I am still in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.
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And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.
14 "I have given them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world -- just as I myself do not belong to the world.
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I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I don't ask you to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.
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My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
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They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
17 Set them apart for holiness by means of the truth -- your word is truth.
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Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
18 Just as you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
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Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
19 On their behalf I am setting myself apart for holiness, so that they too may be set apart for holiness by means of the truth.
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And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
20 "I pray not only for these, but also for those who will trust in me because of their word,
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My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;
21 that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are united with me and I with you, I pray that they may be united with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.
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May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.
22 The glory which you have given to me, I have given to them; so that they may be one, just as we are one --
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And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;
23 I united with them and you with me, so that they may be completely one, and the world thus realize that you sent me, and that you have loved them just as you have loved me.
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I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
24 "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am; so that they may see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
25 Righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these people have known that you sent me.
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Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
26 I made your name known to them, and I will continue to make it known; so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I myself may be united with them."
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And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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