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John 16:23

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give you.

Text-Critical English 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

22So you also have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

John 13:36Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are yoʋ going?” Jesus answered him, “Yoʋ cannot follow me now to the place where I am going, but afterward yoʋ will follow me.”

John 14:13Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 14:22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that yoʋ are about to manifest yoʋrself 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 I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.

John 16:26In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,

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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