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John chapter 17

After Jesus said all this, he and said, “Father, . , so that your Son can show everyone who you really are.You gave him over every person alive, so that he could give to everyone you’ve handed over to him.And this is what limitless life actually means: you — the only true God — and knowing Jesus, .I by you gave me to do.So now, Father, — right there at your side — the way it was , when we shared that same together.I’ve to the people you picked out of the world and gave to me. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they’ve .Now they that everything you’ve given me actually comes from you.Because I gave them the you gave me, and they actually received it. They know — really know — that I came from you, and they that you’re the one who sent me.I’m for them. I’m not praying for right now — I’m praying for the ones you’ve given me, because they belong to you.Everything that’s mine is yours, and everything that’s yours is mine — and through them.I’m not going to be in the world much longer, but they’re staying in the world while I’m coming to you. — protect them by the power of , the name you gave me, so that they can be the way we are one.While I was with them, I and them by the power of your name — the name you gave me. Not one of them was lost, except , so that would come true.But now I’m coming to you, and I’m saying all this while I’m still in the world so that they can have the full measure of my inside them.I’ve given them , and has hated them because they don’t belong to the world — just like I don’t belong to the world.I’m not asking you to take them out of the world — I’m asking you to protect them from .They the world, just like I don’t belong to the world. by . Your message is the truth.I’m them into the world the same way you sent me into the world.And I’m for their sake, so that they can also be by the truth.And I’m not just praying for these ones here — I’m also praying for everyone who will ever because of .I’m praying that all of them will be — just like you, Father, are in me and I am in you — that they will also be , so that that you sent me.I’ve given them the same you gave me, so that they can be one the way we are one —I in them and you in me — so that they can reach , and then the world will know that you sent me and that you have .Father, the ones you’ve given me to be with me right where I am, so they can see — the reality you gave me because you loved me . — the world doesn’t you, but I know you, and these ones here know that you sent me.I’ve to them, and I — so that the you have for me will be in them, and I will be in them too.