John 16:23
And in that day you shall ask nothing of me; verily, verily I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give you.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
John 13:36Simon Peter said to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him: Whither I go, you can not follow me now; but you shall follow me hereafter.
John 14:13and whatever you ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:22Judas, not Iscariot, said to him: Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?
John 15:15I no longer call you servants, because the servant knows not what his master does. But I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
John 16:26In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father in your behalf;
Matthew Henry on John 16:17-23
Christ's Departure and Return; Sorrow and Joy Foretold. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were… Read the whole commentary →