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		John 17:1 When Jesus had spoken these things, He raised His eyes to heaven [in prayer] and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify You.
		John 17:2 "Just as You have given Him power and authority over all mankind, [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him [to be His--permanently and forever].
		John 17:3 "Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.
		John 17:4 "I have glorified You [down here] on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do.
		John 17:5 "Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory and majesty that I had with You before the world existed.
		John 17:6 ¶ "I have manifested Your name [and revealed Your very self, Your real self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept and obeyed Your word.
		John 17:7 "Now [at last] they know [with confident assurance] that all You have given Me is from You [it is really and truly Yours].
		John 17:8 "For the words which You gave Me I have given them; and they received and accepted them and truly understood [with confident assurance] that I came from You [from Your presence], and they believed [without any doubt] that You sent Me.
		John 17:9 "I pray for them; I do not pray for the world, but for those You have given Me, because they belong to You;
		John 17:10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and [all things that are] Yours are Mine; and I am glorified in them.
		John 17:11 "I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
		John 17:12 "While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and protected them, and not one of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. [Ps 41:9; John 6:70]
		John 17:13 "But now I am coming to You; and I say these things [while I am still] in the world so that they may experience My joy made full and complete and perfect within them [filling their hearts with My delight].
		John 17:14 "I have given to them Your word [the message You gave Me]; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world and do not belong to the world, just as I am not of the world and do not belong to it.
		John 17:15 "I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but that You keep them and protect them from the evil one.
		John 17:16 "They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
		John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth.
		John 17:18 "Just as You commissioned and sent Me into the world, I also have commissioned and sent them (believers) into the world.
		John 17:19 "For their sake I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth.
		John 17:20 ¶ "I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,
		John 17:21 that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe [without any doubt] that You sent Me.
		John 17:22 "I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;
		John 17:23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me.
		John 17:24 "Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
		John 17:25 ¶ "O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has never acknowledged You [and the revelation of Your mercy], yet I have always known You; and these [believers] know [without any doubt] that You sent Me;
		John 17:26 *and I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to* make it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them [overwhelming their heart], and I [may be] in them."**

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