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Ask in My Name

John 16:23

In 9 translations

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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
ASV
And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name.
LSV
and in that day you will question nothing of Me; truly, truly, I say to you, as many things as you may ask of the Father in My Name, He will give you;
YLT
and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;
DBY
And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
DRC
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.
GNV
And in that day shall ye aske me nothing. Verely, verely I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my Name, he will giue it you.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τι (“whatever”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὅσα (“as much as”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὅτι (“that”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles place δώσει elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles place ὑμῖν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἄν τι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἄν τι; Robinson–Pierpont read ὅτι ὅσα ἄν.
  • SBLGNT: δώσει ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read δώσει ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δώσει ὑμῖν.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐρωτήσετε οὐδέν· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἄν τι αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα δώσει ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου.
RP2018
Καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐρωτήσετε οὐδέν. Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, δώσει ὑμῖν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐρωτήσετε οὐδέν. Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, δώσει ὑμῖν.
SCR1894
και εν εκεινη τη ημερα εμε ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν αμην αμην λεγω υμιν οτι οσα αν αιτησητε τον πατερα εν τω ονοματι μου δωσει υμιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  • John 14:13–14And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
  • Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
  • 1 John 5:14–16And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.…
  • Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
  • John 16:26In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
  • John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
  • Ephesians 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • John 15:15–16No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose…
  • Hebrews 10:19–23Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
  • 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
  • John 14:5“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
  • Ephesians 3:14–20... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in…
  • 1 Timothy 2:5–6For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
  • John 13:36–37“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.” “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”

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