John 16:24

"Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

In Context

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.

25"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:9"So pray in this way. "Our Father who art in heaven, May thy name be hallowed,

John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

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.

1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct my path to you.

2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,

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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