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John 16:23

And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

24Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 13:36Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered him, Where I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me after.

John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 14:22Judas, not the Iscariote, says to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?

John 15:15I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

John 16:26In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you,

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 →

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