John 16:23

You will put no questions to me then. "In most solemn truth I tell you that whatever you ask the Father for in my name He will give you.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 now have sorrow; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and your gladness no one will take away from you.

24As yet you have not asked for anything in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your hearts may be filled with gladness.

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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 to you.

John 13:36"Master," inquired Simon Peter, "where are you going?" "Where I am going," replied Jesus, "you cannot be my follower now, but you shall be later."

John 14:13And whatever any of you ask in my name, I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 14:22Judas (not the Iscariot) asked, "Master, how is it that you will reveal yourself clearly 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 all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

John 16:26At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to 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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