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When Jesus had thus spoken, He raised his eyes towards Heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Thy Son that the Son may glorify Thee;
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even as Thou hast given Him authority over all mankind, so that on all whom Thou hast given Him He may bestow the Life of the Ages.
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And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
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I have glorified Thee on earth, having done perfectly the work which by Thine appointment has been mine to do.
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And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.
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"I have revealed Thy perfections to the men whom Thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to me, and they have obeyed Thy message.
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Now they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee.
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For the truths which Thou didst teach me I have taught them. And they have received them, and have known for certain that I came out from Thy presence, and have believed that Thou didst send me.
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"I am making request for them: for the world I do not make any request, but for those whom Thou hast given me. Because they are Thine,