John 16:24
Good News Translation
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete.

New Revised Standard Version
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Contemporary English Version
You have not asked for anything in this way before, but now you must ask in my name. Then it will be given to you, so you will be completely happy.

New American Bible
Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

in.

Genesis 32:9 And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord who saidst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee.

1 Kings 18:36 And when it was now time to offer the holocaust, Elias, the prophet, came near and said: O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, shew this day that thou art the God of Israel, and I thy servant, and that according to thy commandment I have done all these things.

2 Kings 19:15 And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth: thou madest heaven and earth:

Matthew 6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Ephesians 1:16,17 Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers, . . .

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. . . .

2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace unto you: and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope in grace, . . .

ask.

Matthew 7:7,8 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . .

James 4:2,3 You covet, and have not: you kill and envy and cannot obtain. You contend and war, and you have not: because you ask not. . . .

that.

John 16:23 And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you.

John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.

1 John 1:3,4 That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you: that you also may have fellowship with us and our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. . . .

2 John 1:12 Having more things to write unto you, I would not by paper and ink: for I hope that I shall be with you and speak face to face, that your joy may be full.

Context
Ask and You will Receive
23And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you. 24Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. 25These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father.…
Cross References
John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.

John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe also in me.

John 14:14
If you shall ask me any thing in my name, that I will do.

John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.

John 16:23
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