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John 16:23

And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

22Therefore you also now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

24Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. 1 Peace for the Disciples

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 13:36Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but later you will follow Me.”

John 14:13And whatever you may ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 14:22Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, and what has happened that You are about to manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

John 16:26In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will beseech 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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