Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

John 17
¹¹ Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.
¹² During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
¹³ “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.
¹⁴ I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
¹⁵ I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.
¹⁶ They do not belong to this world any more than I do.
¹⁷ Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
¹⁸ Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.
¹⁹ And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
²⁰ “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.
²¹ I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.