That same evening, Jesus prayed for the loving unity of his apostles, asking his heavenly Father: “May [they] all be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am in union with you, that they also may be in union with us,... in order that they may be one just as we are one. ” ​ — John 17: 21, 22.
Tajā pašā vakarā Jēzus lūdza savam debesu Tēvam, lai viņa apustuļu starpā pastāvētu vienotība un mīlestība: ” Lai viņi visi būtu viens, tāpat kā tu, Tēvs, esi vienots ar mani un es esmu vienots ar tevi, lai arī viņi būtu vienoti ar mums.... lai viņi būtu viens, gluži kā mēs esam viens. ”