Jesus' prayer that he spoke in front of all his disciples was designed to teach them and to teach us how to pray. It is a model for all other prayer, and with it, contains divine attitudes and perspectives that Christians are called to cultivate in their lives in relation to God.

Jesus begins to preach after John the Baptist was arrested by Herod, and proclaiming that the Kingdom of God was at hand. He called His first disciples to follow after Him and to one day be the very hands, feet, and voice of their Teacher.