John 16:23
"And in that day you will ask me no questions. Most solemnly I tell you that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
24"Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Cross References
Matthew 7:7"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
John 13:36Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" "Where I am going," answered Jesus, "you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow me later."
John 14:13"And whatever’ you ask in my name I will do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:22"How is it, Lord," said Judas (not Iscariot) "that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?"
John 15:15"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.
John 16:26"In that day you shall pray in my name; and I do not tell 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 →