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I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name, the namethe one">[fn] that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.John 1:21; 10:30; 13:1; 16:28; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 1:1;">[xr]

While I was with them, I protected them by your name that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined forthe son of">[fn] destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.Psalm 109:8; John 6:39,70; 10:28; 13:18; 18:9; Acts 1:20; Hebrews 2:13; 1 John 2:19;">[xr]

"And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.1 Corinthians 1:2,30; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Hebrews 10:10;">[xr]

that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be oneone">[fn] in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.John 10:16,38; 14:11; Romans 12:5; Galatians 3:28;">[xr]

I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.John 14:20; 1 John 1:3; 3:24;">[xr]

I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.Colossians 3:14;">[xr]

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for methe love with which you loved me">[fn] may be in them and I myself may be in them."John 15:9,15; 17:6;">[xr]

So they said to each other, "Let's not tear it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who gets it." This was to fulfill the Scripture that says,Psalm 22:18;">[xr] "They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they threw dice."Psalm 22:18">[fn] So that is what the soldiers did.

The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows he is telling the truth so that you, too, may believe.

For these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "None of his bones will be broken."Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20">[fn]Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20;">[xr]

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,[fn] the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.Luke 1:4; John 3:15-16; 5:24; 1 Peter 1:9;">[xr]

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that this field is called in their language Hakeldama, that is, "The Field of Blood".)

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day peoplethey">[fn] would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the temple.John 9:8; Acts 14:8;">[xr]

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, the Christ[fn] whom he appointed long ago.

Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Luke 22:3;">[xr]

As a result, peoplethey">[fn] kept carrying their sick into the streets and placing them on stretchers and cots so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he went by.Matthew 9:21; 14:36; Acts 19:12;">[xr]

By shrewdly scheming against our people, he oppressed our ancestors and forced them to expose their infants so that they wouldn't live.Exodus 1:22;">[xr]

and said, "Give me this power too, so that when I lay my hands on someone he will receive the Holy Spirit."

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.