John 17:1-11

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 --
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.
3 And eternal life is this: to know you, the one true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.
4 "I glorified you on earth by finishing the work 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.
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.
7 Now they know that everything you have given me is 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.
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.
10 Indeed, all I have is yours, and all you have is mine, and in them I have been glorified.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.