⁵² Then the Jews said, “Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’

⁵⁵ You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him,^(A) I would be a liar like you. But I do know him,^(B) and I keep his word.

²³ Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.^{(A) 24} The one who doesn’t love me will not keep my words. The word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.^(B)

²⁰ Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’^(A) If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word,^(B) they will also keep yours.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶ “I have revealed your name^(A) to the people you gave me^(B) from the world.^(C) They were yours, you gave them to me,^(D) and they have kept your word.^(E)

³² They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die.^(A)

⁵ But whoever keeps his word,^(A) truly in him the love of God is made complete. This is how we know we are in him:^(B)

³ Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,^(A) and blessed are those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep^[a] what is written in it, because the time is near.

⁸ I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can close because you have but little power; yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.^(A)

¹⁰ Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing^(A) that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.^(B)