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John 17:20

Verse 20 32

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

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believe

Doctrine and Covenants 45:5

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separate

1 Kings 8:53

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Christ

Galatians 2:20

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separated

3 Nephi 15:19

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one.

3 Nephi 19:23

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one God,

Doctrine and Covenants 20:28

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believe

Doctrine and Covenants 45:5

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- **That All May Be Edified** — Chad H Webb (October 2025) · Reference
  As in all things, Jesus Christ is the perfect example.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/10/22webb?lang=eng&id=p_uEtHF#p_uEtHF

- **To Whom Shall We Go?** — M. Russell Ballard (October 2016) · Alludes to
  As we stood in that place, I read to them from John 17, where Jesus pleads with His Father for His disciples:
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/10/to-whom-shall-we-go?lang=eng&id=p4#p4

- **The Holy Ghost** — Robert D. Hales (April 2016) · Reference
  But the Holy Ghost is different from the Light of Christ.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/04/the-holy-ghost?lang=eng&id=p5#p5

- **The Lifeline of Prayer** — James E. Faust (April 2002) · Reference
  As the hour of the Savior’s death and Resurrection drew near, He offered His great Intercessory Prayer.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2002/04/the-lifeline-of-prayer?lang=eng&id=p32#p32

- **The Witness: Martin Harris** — Dallin H. Oaks (April 1999) · Alludes to
  Witnesses and witnessing are vital in God’s plan for the salvation of His children.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1999/04/the-witness-martin-harris?lang=eng&id=p3#p3

- **Lessons from the Atonement That Help Us to Endure to the End** — Robert D. Hales (October 1985) · Alludes to
  As we move closer to the atoning sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane, we find in John 17 that there Jesus offered an intercessory prayer.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1985/10/lessons-from-the-atonement-that-help-us-to-endure-to-the-end?lang=eng&id=p12#p12

- **That We May Be One** — Howard W. Hunter (April 1976) · Alludes to
  “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.” (See John 17.)
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1976/04/that-we-may-be-one?lang=eng&id=p16#p16

- **His Final Hours** — Howard W. Hunter (April 1974) · Alludes to
  “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,” records John, who was there to hear it, “but [I pray] that thou shouldest keep them from … evil.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1974/04/his-final-hours?lang=eng&id=p32#p32

- **Entrance into the Kingdom of God** — Bernard P. Brockbank (October 1972) · Alludes to
  In John 17, verse 3, another key is recorded by Jesus Christ: “… this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1972/10/entrance-into-the-kingdom-of-god?lang=eng&id=p49#p49

- **The Lord Is Hastening His Work** — Quentin L. Cook (October 2025) · Reference
  Our sacred duty is to accept and welcome new and returning members.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/10/27cook?lang=eng&id=p_eIgHR#p_eIgHR

- **Be One with Christ** — Quentin L. Cook (April 2024) · Reference
  This prayer was directed to followers of Christ, including all of us.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/04/27cook?lang=eng&id=p8#p8

- **One in Christ** — D. Todd Christofferson (April 2023) · Reference
  “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.”
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/41christofferson?lang=eng&id=p5#p5

- **The Doctrine of Belonging** — D. Todd Christofferson (October 2022) · Reference
  We can feel joy as we pursue, individually and communally, “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” Despite disappointments and setbacks along the way, it is a grand quest.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/28christofferson?lang=eng&id=p39#p39

- **God Loves His Children** — Taniela B. Wakolo (April 2021) · Alludes to
  A verse from the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ powerfully describes the Savior’s perfect love: “And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; … they scourge him, … they smite him, … they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men” (1 Nephi 19:9).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/46wakolo?lang=eng&id=p4#p4

- **To Whom Shall We Go?** — M. Russell Ballard (October 2016) · Reference
  “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.”
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/10/to-whom-shall-we-go?lang=eng&id=p7#p7

- **Here to Serve a Righteous Cause** — Carol F. McConkie (October 2015) · Reference
  The righteous cause we serve is the cause of Christ.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/10/here-to-serve-a-righteous-cause?lang=eng&id=p5#p5

- **The Father and the Son** — Christoffel Golden Jr. (April 2013) · Reference
  “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.”
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/04/the-father-and-the-son?lang=eng&id=p24#p24

- **Pray Always** — David A. Bednar (October 2008) · Alludes to
  “… That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them” (John 17:9, 20, 26).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2008/10/pray-always?lang=eng&id=p36#p36

- **The Fruits of the First Vision** — Dieter F. Uchtdorf (April 2005) · Alludes to
  “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:20–21; emphasis added).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2005/04/the-fruits-of-the-first-vision?lang=eng&id=p19#p19

- **That They May Be One in Us** — D. Todd Christofferson (October 2002) · Alludes to
  “I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one” (John 17:20–23).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2002/10/that-they-may-be-one-in-us?lang=eng&id=p7#p7

- **The Sacrament—and the Sacrifice** — David B. Haight (October 1989) · Alludes to
  He pled not only for the disciples called out from the world who had been true to their testimony of Him, “but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” (John 17:20.)
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/10/the-sacrament-and-the-sacrifice?lang=eng&id=p30#p30

- **The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost** — Gordon B. Hinckley (October 1986) · Alludes to
  “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us” (John 17:20–21).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1986/10/the-father-son-and-holy-ghost?lang=eng&id=p69#p69

- **Unity** — Marion G. Romney (April 1983) · Alludes to
  “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” (John 17:20–21.)
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1983/04/unity?lang=eng&id=p4#p4

That All May Be Edified

Chad H Webb October 2025 Saturday Afternoon Session

As in all things, Jesus Christ is the perfect example.

Reference Verified
To Whom Shall We Go?

M. Russell Ballard October 2016 Sunday Morning Session

As we stood in that place, I read to them from John 17, where Jesus pleads with His Father for His disciples:

Alludes to High confidence
The Holy Ghost

Robert D. Hales April 2016 Sunday Afternoon Session

But the Holy Ghost is different from the Light of Christ.

Reference Verified
The Lifeline of Prayer

James E. Faust April 2002 Sunday Morning Session

As the hour of the Savior’s death and Resurrection drew near, He offered His great Intercessory Prayer.

Reference Verified
The Witness: Martin Harris

Dallin H. Oaks April 1999 Saturday Afternoon Session

Witnesses and witnessing are vital in God’s plan for the salvation of His children.

Alludes to High confidence
Lessons from the Atonement That Help Us to Endure to the End

Robert D. Hales October 1985 Saturday Afternoon Session

As we move closer to the atoning sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane, we find in John 17 that there Jesus offered an intercessory prayer.

Alludes to High confidence
That We May Be One

Howard W. Hunter April 1976 Tuesday Afternoon Session

“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.” (See John 17.)

Alludes to High confidence
His Final Hours

Howard W. Hunter April 1974 Friday Morning Session

“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,” records John, who was there to hear it, “but [I pray] that thou shouldest keep them from … evil.

Alludes to High confidence
Entrance into the Kingdom of God

Bernard P. Brockbank October 1972 Friday Afternoon Session

In John 17, verse 3, another key is recorded by Jesus Christ: “… this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Alludes to High confidence
The Lord Is Hastening His Work

Quentin L. Cook October 2025 Saturday Afternoon Session

Our sacred duty is to accept and welcome new and returning members.

Reference Verified
Be One with Christ

Quentin L. Cook April 2024 Saturday Afternoon Session

This prayer was directed to followers of Christ, including all of us.

Reference Verified
One in Christ

D. Todd Christofferson April 2023 Sunday Morning Session

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.”

Reference Verified
The Doctrine of Belonging

D. Todd Christofferson October 2022 Saturday Afternoon Session

We can feel joy as we pursue, individually and communally, “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” Despite disappointments and setbacks along the way, it is a grand quest.

Reference Verified
God Loves His Children

Taniela B. Wakolo April 2021 Sunday Morning Session

A verse from the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ powerfully describes the Savior’s perfect love: “And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; … they scourge him, … they smite him, … they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men” (1 Nephi 19:9).

Alludes to High confidence
To Whom Shall We Go?

M. Russell Ballard October 2016 Sunday Morning Session

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.”

Reference Verified
Here to Serve a Righteous Cause

Carol F. McConkie October 2015 General Women’s Session

The righteous cause we serve is the cause of Christ.

Reference Verified
The Father and the Son

Christoffel Golden Jr. April 2013 Sunday Afternoon Session

“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.”

Reference Verified
Pray Always

David A. Bednar October 2008 Saturday Afternoon Session

“… That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them” (John 17:9, 20, 26).

Alludes to High confidence
The Fruits of the First Vision

Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2005 Saturday Afternoon Session

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:20–21; emphasis added).

Alludes to High confidence
That They May Be One in Us

D. Todd Christofferson October 2002 Sunday Morning Session

“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one” (John 17:20–23).

Alludes to High confidence
The Sacrament—and the Sacrifice

David B. Haight October 1989 Sunday Morning Session

He pled not only for the disciples called out from the world who had been true to their testimony of Him, “but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” (John 17:20.)

Alludes to High confidence
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Gordon B. Hinckley October 1986 Sunday Morning Session

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us” (John 17:20–21).

Alludes to High confidence
Unity

Marion G. Romney April 1983 Saturday Morning Session

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” (John 17:20–21.)

Alludes to High confidence

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