John 16:26

In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will beseech the Father for you;

English Majority Text (NT)

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

25“These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

27for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

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Cross References

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may abide with you forever,

John 17:9“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

John 17:24“Father, I desire that those also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, so that they may behold My glory which You gave to Me; because You loved 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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