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.
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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 →