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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>John 17:20 Catholic Bible: "I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/john/17-20.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/john/17-20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/john/17-20.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">John</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/17.htm">Chapter 17</a> > Verse 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/17-19.htm" title="John 17:19">◄</a> John 17:20 <a href="../john/17-21.htm" title="John 17:21">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/john/17.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/john/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word,<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/john/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/john/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me.</p><p class="hdg">pray.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/17-6.htm">John 17:6-11</a> 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. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ephesians/4-11.htm">Ephesians 4:11</a> And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:</p><p class="hdg">for them.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/2-41.htm">Acts 2:41</a> They therefore that received his word were baptized: and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/4-4.htm">Acts 4:4</a> But many of them who had heard the word believed: and the number of the men was made five thousand.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/15-18.htm">Romans 15:18,19</a> For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/16-26.htm">Romans 16:26</a> (Which now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith) known among all nations:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_timothy/1-2.htm">2 Timothy 1:2</a> To Timothy, my dearly beloved son. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/john/17.htm">Prayer for all Believers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl">And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me.</span> <span class="reftext">21</span>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.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/10-16.htm">John 10:16</a></span><br />And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/17-9.htm">John 17:9</a></span><br />I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/17-19.htm">John 17:19</a></span><br />And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/17-21.htm">John 17:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/16-32.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/john/17-19.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/john/16-31.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/john/14-12.htm">Believing</a> <a href="/john/17-15.htm">Demand</a> <a href="/john/17-8.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/john/17-17.htm">Message</a> <a href="/john/17-15.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/john/17-9.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/john/17-9.htm">Request</a> <a href="/john/15-20.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/john/14-1.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/john/17-17.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/john/18-14.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/john/17-21.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/john/20-27.htm">Believing</a> <a href="/john/18-21.htm">Demand</a> <a href="/john/17-21.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/john/20-17.htm">Message</a> <a href="/john/18-1.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/acts/2-25.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Request</a> <a href="/john/18-19.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: alone also ask behalf believe but do for I in is me message My not of on pray prayer their them these those through who will word<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-20.htm">NT Gospels: John 17:20 Not for these only do I pray (Jhn Jo Jn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/17-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 17:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 17:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/17-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 17:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 17:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>