John 16:23
And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
24Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy may be complete.
Cross References
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given to you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
John 13:36Simon Cephas said to him: Our Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, and said to him: Whither I go, thou canst not now come after me; but thou wilt at last come.
John 14:13And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for you; that the Father may be glorified in his Son.
John 14:22Judas, not Iscariot, said to him: My Lord, how is it that thou art to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?
John 15:15I no longer call you servants; because a servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you my friends; because, whatever I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
John 16:26In that day ye will ask in my name; and I do not say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you;
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 →