John 16:23
And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
24Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
Cross References
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
John 13:36Simon Peter says to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterward.
John 14:13And whatever ye shall ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:22Judas says to him (not Iscariot): Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?
John 15:15No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you.
John 16:26In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray 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 →