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John 17

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

1 These things Jesus spoke: and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said: Father, the hour is come. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. CCC

2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. CCC

3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. CCC · Fathers

4 I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. CCC

5 And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee. CCC · Fathers

6 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word. CCC

7 Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are from thee: CCC

8 Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me. CCC

9 I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine. CCC

10 And all my things are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. CCC

11 And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou hast given me: that they may be one, as we also are. CCC · Fathers

12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept: and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition: that the scripture may be fulfilled. CCC

13 And now I come to thee: and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in themselves. CCC

14 I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them: because they are not of the world, as I also am not of the world. Fathers

15 I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil. CCC

16 They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world. Fathers

17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth. CCC

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. CCC

19 And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. CCC

20 And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me. 1 CCC

21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 2 CCC

22 And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them: that, they may be one, as we also are one. CCC

23 I in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me. CCC

24 Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me: that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world. CCC · Fathers

25 Just Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee. And these have known that thou hast sent me. CCC

26 And I have made known thy name to them and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. CCC

Where our lessons quote this chapter

  1. Verses 20–21: What we share
  2. Verse 21: What we share

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 1CCC 730 CCC 1085 CCC 2750
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    • CCC 730 “At last Jesus' hour arrives: he commends his spirit into the Father's hands 118 at the very moment when by his death…”
    • CCC 1085 “In the liturgy of the Church, it is principally his own Paschal mystery that Christ signifies and makes present. During his earthly…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
  2. Verse 2CCC 2750
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
  3. Verse 3CCC 217 CCC 684 CCC 1721 CCC 1996 CCC 2751
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    • CCC 217 “God is also truthful when he reveals himself - the teaching that comes from God is "true instruction". When he sends his…”
    • CCC 684 “Through his grace, the Holy Spirit is the first to awaken faith in us and to communicate to us the new life,…”
    • CCC 1721 “God put us in the world to know, to love, and to serve him, and so to come to paradise. Beatitude makes…”
    • CCC 1996 “Our justification comes from the grace of God. Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond…”
    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”

    • “Now to whom is it not clear, that if the Lord had known many fathers and gods, He would not have taught His disciples to know [only] one God,”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter I. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  4. Verse 4CCC 767 CCC 1069 CCC 2750
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    • CCC 767 “When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the…”
    • CCC 1069 “The word "liturgy" originally meant a "public work" or a "service in the name of/on behalf of the people." In Christian tradition…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
  5. Verse 5CCC 2750
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”

    • “… alone antecedently to Adam, but also before all creation, the Word glorified His Father, remaining in Him; and was Himself glorified by the Father, as He did Himself declare, "Father, glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  6. Verse 6CCC 589 CCC 2750 CCC 2751 CCC 2812
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    • CCC 589 “Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them. He went so…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”
    • CCC 2812 “Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is revealed and given to us, in the flesh, as Savior, revealed by…”
  7. Verse 7CCC 2751 CCC 2765
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    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”
    • CCC 2765 “The traditional expression "the Lord's Prayer" - oratio Dominica - means that the prayer to our Father is taught and given to…”
  8. Verse 8CCC 2751
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    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”
  9. Verse 9CCC 2750 CCC 2751
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”
  10. Verse 10CCC 2750 CCC 2751
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”
  11. Verse 11CCC 2747 CCC 2749 CCC 2750 CCC 2812 CCC 2815 CCC 2849
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    • CCC 2747 “Christian Tradition rightly calls this prayer the "priestly" prayer of Jesus. It is the prayer of our high priest, inseparable from his…”
    • CCC 2749 “Jesus fulfilled the work of the Father completely; his prayer, like his sacrifice, extends until the end of time. the prayer of…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
    • CCC 2812 “Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is revealed and given to us, in the flesh, as Savior, revealed by…”
    • CCC 2815 “This petition embodies all the others. Like the six petitions that follow, it is fulfilled by the prayer of Christ. Prayer to…”
    • CCC 2849 “Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter,…”

    • “The soul dwells in the body, yet is not of the body; and Christians dwell in the world, yet are not of the world.”

      Quoted in Letter to Diognetus, Unknown author (2nd century), Chapter VI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  12. Verse 12CCC 2750
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
  13. Verse 13CCC 2747 CCC 2749
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    • CCC 2747 “Christian Tradition rightly calls this prayer the "priestly" prayer of Jesus. It is the prayer of our high priest, inseparable from his…”
    • CCC 2749 “Jesus fulfilled the work of the Father completely; his prayer, like his sacrifice, extends until the end of time. the prayer of…”
  14. Verse 14
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    • “The soul dwells in the body, yet is not of the body; and Christians dwell in the world, yet are not of the world.”

      Quoted in Letter to Diognetus, Unknown author (2nd century), Chapter VI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  15. Verse 15CCC 2750 CCC 2850
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
    • CCC 2850 “The last petition to our Father is also included in Jesus' prayer: "I am not asking you to take them out of…”
  16. Verse 16
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    • “The soul dwells in the body, yet is not of the body; and Christians dwell in the world, yet are not of the world.”

      Quoted in Letter to Diognetus, Unknown author (2nd century), Chapter VI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  17. Verse 17CCC 2821
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    • CCC 2821 “This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears…”
  18. Verse 18CCC 858 CCC 2821
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    • CCC 858 “Jesus is the Father's Emissary. From the beginning of his ministry, he "called to him those whom he desired; .... and he…”
    • CCC 2821 “This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears…”
  19. Verse 19CCC 611 CCC 2747 CCC 2749 CCC 2812 CCC 2821
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    • CCC 611 “The Eucharist that Christ institutes at that moment will be the memorial of his sacrifice. Jesus includes the apostles in his own…”
    • CCC 2747 “Christian Tradition rightly calls this prayer the "priestly" prayer of Jesus. It is the prayer of our high priest, inseparable from his…”
    • CCC 2749 “Jesus fulfilled the work of the Father completely; his prayer, like his sacrifice, extends until the end of time. the prayer of…”
    • CCC 2812 “Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is revealed and given to us, in the flesh, as Savior, revealed by…”
    • CCC 2821 “This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears…”
  20. Verse 20CCC 2821
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    • CCC 2821 “This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears…”
  21. Verse 21CCC 260 CCC 820 CCC 877
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    • CCC 260 “The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.…”
    • CCC 820 “Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. This unity, we believe, subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can…”
    • CCC 877 “Likewise, it belongs to the sacramental nature of ecclesial ministry that it have a collegial character. In fact, from the beginning of…”
  22. Verse 22CCC 260 CCC 690 CCC 877 CCC 2750
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    • CCC 260 “The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.…”
    • CCC 690 “Jesus is Christ, "anointed," because the Spirit is his anointing, and everything that occurs from the Incarnation on derives from this fullness.…”
    • CCC 877 “Likewise, it belongs to the sacramental nature of ecclesial ministry that it have a collegial character. In fact, from the beginning of…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
  23. Verse 23CCC 260 CCC 877 CCC 2750
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    • CCC 260 “The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.…”
    • CCC 877 “Likewise, it belongs to the sacramental nature of ecclesial ministry that it have a collegial character. In fact, from the beginning of…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
  24. Verse 24CCC 2749 CCC 2750
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    • CCC 2749 “Jesus fulfilled the work of the Father completely; his prayer, like his sacrifice, extends until the end of time. the prayer of…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”

    • “And again, "I will, that where I am, there they also may be, that they may behold My glory;”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  25. Verse 25CCC 2750 CCC 2751
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    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
    • CCC 2751 “Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son, which…”
  26. Verse 26CCC 589 CCC 729 CCC 2750
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    • CCC 589 “Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them. He went so…”
    • CCC 729 “Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and…”
    • CCC 2750 “By entering into the holy name of the Lord Jesus we can accept, from within, the prayer he teaches us: "Our Father!"…”
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