John 16:24

Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And 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.

25These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:9Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

John 3:29He that has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is made full.

John 16:23And 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.

1 Thessalonians 3:11Now God and our Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who loved us, and gave us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

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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