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Ask in My Name

John 16:24

In 9 translations

BSB
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
KJV
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
WEB
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
ASV
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
LSV
until now you asked nothing in My Name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
YLT
till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
DBY
Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
DRC
Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.
GNV
Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of λήμψεσθε: Textus Receptus: λήψεσθε.

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
ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου· αἰτεῖτε καὶ λήμψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
RP2018
Ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου· αἰτεῖτε, καὶ λήψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
TR-Boyd
Ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου· αἰτεῖτε, καὶ λήψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
SCR1894
εως αρτι ουκ ητησατε ουδεν εν τω ονοματι μου αιτειτε και ληψεσθε ινα η χαρα υμων η πεπληρωμενη

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◆ Holy Week◆ Upper Room Discourse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
  • James 4:2–3You 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. And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong…
  • John 15:11I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
  • John 16:23In 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.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
  • 1 John 1:3–4We 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. We write these things so that our joy may be…
  • Matthew 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
  • 2 John 1:12I 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.
  • Ephesians 1:16–17I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • John 3:29The 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.
  • 1 Kings 18:36At 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…
  • Genesis 32:9Then 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 Thessalonians 3:11–13Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, so…
  • 2 Kings 19:15And 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.

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