Good News Bible

John 17:1-7 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.

2. For you gave him authority over all humanity, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

3. And eternal life means knowing you, the only true God, and knowing Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

4. I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.

5. Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.

6. “I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,

7. and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.