John 16:26

In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of 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 of the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever;

John 17:9I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are thine.

John 17:24Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; because thou lovedst 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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