Bible Verses About Intercessory Prayer: Christ set an example of

But I prayed for you, Shim‘on, that your trust might not fail. And you, once you have turned back in repentance, strengthen your brothers!”

Yeshua said, “Father, forgive them; they don’t understand what they are doing.” They divided up his clothes by throwing dice.

“I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given to me, because they are yours.

Indeed, all I have is yours, and all you have is mine, and in them I have been glorified.

Now I am no longer in the world. They are in the world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, guard them by the power of your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we are.

When I was with them, I guarded them by the power of your name, which you have given to me; yes, I kept watch over them; and not one of them was destroyed (except the one meant for destruction, so that the Tanakh might be fulfilled).

But now, I am coming to you; and I say these things while I am still in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

“I have given them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world — just as I myself do not belong to the world.

I don’t ask you to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

Set them apart for holiness by means of the truth — your word is truth.

Just as you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

On their behalf I am setting myself apart for holiness, so that they too may be set apart for holiness by means of the truth.

“I pray not only for these, but also for those who will trust in me because of their word,

that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are united with me and I with you, I pray that they may be united with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

The glory which you have given to me, I have given to them; so that they may be one, just as we are one —

I united with them and you with me, so that they may be completely one, and the world thus realize that you sent me, and that you have loved them just as you have loved me.

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am; so that they may see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.