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John 16:23

And in that day ye shall not ask (of) me anything; truly, truly, I say to you, if ye ask the Father (for) anything in my name, he shall give [it] to you. (And on that day ye shall ask nothing of me; truly, I tell you the truth, if ye ask the Father for anything in my name, he shall give it to you.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

22And therefore ye have now sorrow, but again I shall see you, and your heart (s) shall have joy, and no man shall take from you your joy.

24Till now ye (have) asked nothing in my name; ask ye, and ye shall take, (or ask, and ye shall receive), (so) that your joy be full.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7Ask ye, and it shall be given to you; seek ye, and ye shall find; knock ye, and it shall be opened to you.

John 13:36Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou mayest not (pur)sue me now, but thou shalt (pur)sue me afterward. (Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered, Where I go, thou cannot follow me now, but thou shalt follow me later.)

John 14:13And whatever thing ye ask the Father in my name, I shall do this thing, (so) that the Father be glorified in the Son.

John 14:22Judas saith to him, not he of Iscariot, Lord, what is done, (or Lord, why is it), that thou shalt show thyself to us, and not to the world?

John 15:15Now I shall not call you servants, for the servant knoweth not, what his lord shall do; but I have called you friends, for all (the) things whatever I heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

John 16:26In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I shall 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 →

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