John 14:13
And whatever you, using my authority, ask me to do, I will do it, in order that I can show you how great my Father is.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
In Context
14Anything that you ask my Father to do, anything that you ask with my authority [MTY], I will do.”
Cross References
Matthew 7:7“Keep asking God for what you need. If you do that, he will give it to you. Confidently keep expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like [MET] knocking on a door in order to enter a room. And the way will be opened { God will open the way} for you to get what you pray for.
Mark 11:24So I tell you, whenever you ask God for something when you pray, believe that you will receive it, and, if you do, God will do it for you.
John 4:10Jesus replied to her, “If you (sg) knew what God wanted to give you, and if you knew who I am, the one who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me, and I would have given you water that gives life.”
John 5:19Jesus replied to them by saying, “You need to know this: I can do nothing by my own authority. I do only the kind of things that I see my Father doing. Whatever kinds of things my Father is doing, those are the things I am doing.
John 10:30My father and I are equal.”
John 13:31After Judas left, Jesus said, “Now it will be shown { my Father will show} how wonderful I, the one who came from heaven, am. And by what I do it will be seen {people will see} how great God is.
Matthew Henry on John 14:13-15
Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. The disciples, as they were full of grief to think of parting with their Master, so they were full of care what would become of themselves when he was gone;… Read the whole commentary →