John 16:26

In that day ye will ask in my name, and I do not say to you, that I will pray the Father about you,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

In Context

25These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.

27for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

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Cross References

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,

John 17:9I pray about them. I do not pray about the world, but about whom thou have given me, because they are for thee.

John 17:24Father, whom thou gave to me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me, so that they may see my glory that thou have given me, because thou loved me before the foundation of the world.

Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28

Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →

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