John 16:24 “Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will…”

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

World English Bible

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

American Standard Version

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.

Darby Translation

Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Young's Literal Translation

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Bible in Basic English

Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

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Cross references

“in”

Matthew 6:9 2 Thessalonians 1:2 Genesis 32:9 1 Kings 18:36 2 Kings 19:15 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13

Matthew 6:9 · BSB

So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

2 Thessalonians 1:2 · BSB

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Genesis 32:9 · BSB

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

1 Kings 18:36 · BSB

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have…

2 Kings 19:15 · BSB

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

1 Thessalonians 3:11–13 · BSB

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

“ask”

Matthew 7:7 Matthew 7:8 James 4:2 James 4:3

Matthew 7:7 · BSB

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8 · BSB

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

James 4:2 · BSB

You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

James 4:3 · BSB

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

“that”

John 15:11 John 16:23 2 John 1:12 1 John 1:3 1 John 1:4

John 15:11 · BSB

I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

John 16:23 · BSB

In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

2 John 1:12 · BSB

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

1 John 1:3 · BSB

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:4 · BSB

We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

Also

John 3:29

John 3:29 · BSB

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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