John 16:26

In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I shall pray (to) the Father for you;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

In Context

25I have spoken to you these things in proverbs; the hour cometh, when now I shall not speak to you in proverbs, but openly of my Father I shall tell to you [or but openly of my Father I shall tell you].

27for the Father himself loveth you, for ye have loved me, and have believed, that I went out from God.

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Cross References

John 14:16And I shall pray the Father, and he shall give to you another Comforter, the Spirit of truth, to dwell with you [into] without end (or to remain with you forever);

John 17:9I pray for them, I pray not for the world, but for them that thou hast given to me, for they be thine.

John 17:24Father, they which thou hast given to me, I will that where I am, that they be with me, that they see my clearness, that thou hast given to me; for thou lovedest me before the making of the world. (Father, they whom thou hast given to me, I desire that where I am, that they be with me, so that they can see my glory, which thou hast given to me; for thou hast loved me before the making or the creation of the world.)

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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