John 16:26

In that day you will ask in my name; I do not say to you that I will request the Father on your behalf,

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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“I have told you these things using figures of speech, but a time is coming when I will no longer talk to you with figures of speech; rather I will tell you plainly about the Father.

27because the Father Himself is fond of you, in that you have become fond of me and have believed that I came forth from God.

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Cross References

John 14:16Also, I will ask the Father and He will give you another Enabler, so that He may stay with you throughout the age

John 17:9I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, because they are yours.

John 17:24“Father, those whom You have given to me, I desire that they also may be with me where I am, so that they may observe my glory, which You have given me, because You loved me before the founding 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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