John 16:26

On that day you will ask in my name and I do not say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,

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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

25I have said these things to you in figures of speech, but the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but instead I will tell you plainly about the Father.

27for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from the Father.

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Cross References

John 14:16and I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Comforter so that he will be with you forever—

John 17:9I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

John 17:24Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you gave me because you loved me before the creation 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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