John 17
John chapter 17 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 As thou hast youun to hym power on ech fleisch, that al thing that thou hast youun to hym, he yyue to hem euerlastynge lijf.
2 And this is euerlastynge lijf, that thei knowe thee very God aloone, and whom thou hast sent, Jhesu Crist.
3 Y haue clarified thee on the erthe, Y haue endid the werk, that thou hast youun to me to do.
4 And now, fadir, clarifie thou me at thi silf, with the clerenesse that Y hadde at thee, bifor the world was maad.
5 Y haue schewid thi name to tho men, whiche thou hast youun to me of the world; thei weren thine, and thou hast youun hem to me, and thei han kept thi word.
6 And now thei han knowun, that alle thingis that thou hast youun to me, ben of thee.
7 For the wordis that thou hast youun to me, Y yaf to hem; and thei han takun, and han knowun verili, that Y wente out fro thee; and thei bileueden, that thou sentist me.
8 Y preie for hem, Y preye not for the world, but for hem that thou hast youun to me, for thei ben thine.
9 And alle my thingis ben thine, and thi thingis ben myne; and Y am clarified in hem.
10 And now Y am not in the world, and these ben in the world, and Y come to thee. Hooli fadir, kepe hem in thi name, whiche thou yauest to me, that thei ben oon, as we ben.
11 While Y was with hem, Y kepte hem in thi name; thilke that thou yauest to me, Y kepte, and noon of hem perischide, but the sone of perdicioun, that the scripture be fulfillid.
12 But now Y come to thee, and Y speke these thingis in the world, that thei haue my ioie fulfillid in hem silf.
13 Y yaf to hem thi word, and the world hadde hem in hate; for thei ben not of the world, as Y am not of the world.
14 Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel.
15 They ben not of the world, as Y am not of the world.
16 Halewe thou hem in treuth; thi word is treuthe.
17 As thou sentist me in to the world, also Y sente hem in to the world.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="18"><sup>18</sup> And Y halewe my silf for hem, that also thei ben halewid in treuthe.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="19"><sup>19</sup> And Y preye not oneli for hem, but also for hem that schulden bileue in to me bi the word of hem;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="20"><sup>20</sup> that all ben oon, as thou, fadir, in me, and Y in thee, that also thei in vs be oon; that the world bileue, that thou hast sent me.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="21"><sup>21</sup> And Y haue youun to hem the clerenesse, that thou hast youun to me, that thei ben oon,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="22"><sup>22</sup> as we ben oon; Y in hem, and thou in me, that thei be endid in to oon; and that the world knowe, that thou sentist me, and hast loued hem, as thou hast loued also me.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="23"><sup>23</sup> Fadir, thei whiche thou yauest to me, Y wole that where Y am, that thei be with me, that thei see my clerenesse, that thou hast youun to me; for thou louedist me bifor the makyng of the world.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="24"><sup>24</sup> Fadir, riytfuli the world knew thee not, but Y knew thee, and these knewen, that thou sentist me.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="25"><sup>25</sup> And Y haue maad thi name knowun to hem, and schal make knowun; that the loue bi which thou hast loued me, be in hem, and Y in hem.