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1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
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When Jesus finished saying these things, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son can glorify you.
2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
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You gave him authority over everyone so that he could give eternal life to everyone you gave him.
3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
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This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
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I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
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Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I shared with you before the world was created.
6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
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“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from this world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.
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Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
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This is because I gave them the words that you gave me, and they received them. They truly understood that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
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“I'm praying for them. I'm not praying for the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours.
10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
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Everything that is mine is yours and everything that is yours is mine; I have been glorified in them.
11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
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I'm no longer in the world, but they are in the world, even as I'm coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them in your name, the name you gave me, that they will be one just as we are one.
12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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When I was with them, I watched over them in your name, the name you gave to me, and I kept them safe. None of them were lost, except the one who was destined for destruction, so that scripture would be fulfilled.
13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
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Now I'm coming to you and I say these things while I'm in the world so that they can share completely in my joy.
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.
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I gave your word to them and the world hated them, because they don't belong to this world, just as I don't belong to this world.
15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
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I'm not asking that you take them out of this world but that you keep them safe from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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They don't belong to this world, just as I don't belong to this world.
17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
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Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
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As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
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I made myself holy on their behalf so that they also would be made holy in the truth.
20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
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“I'm not praying only for them but also for those who believe in me because of their word.
21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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I pray they will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
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I've given them the glory that you gave me so that they can be one just as we are one.
23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
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I'm in them and you are in me so that they will be made perfectly one. Then the world will know that you sent me and that you have loved them just as you loved me.
24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
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“Father, I want those you gave me to be with me where I am. Then they can see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
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"Righteous Father, even the world didn't know you, but I've known you, and these believers know that you sent me.
26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. ”
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I've made your name known to them and will continue to make it known so that your love for me will be in them, and I myself will be in them."
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