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John 16:23 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
John 16:23
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
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.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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 shew you plainly of the Father.
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John 16:1
"These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended."
John 16:2
"They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."
John 16:3
"And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me."
John 16:4
"But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you."
John 16:5
"But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?"
John 16:6
"But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart."
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