Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
Then those who gladly received his word were immersed. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
(14:25) but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the mitzvah of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations;
He gave some to be emissaries; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and shalom, from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua our Lord.