John 16:26

Contemporary English Version

You will ask the Father in my name, and I won't have to ask him for you.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
By asking in my name, that doesn't mean I will ask my Father on your behalf. It means you will be able to ask him yourself.

Legacy Standard Bible
On that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

Bible in Basic English
In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you,

Darby Translation
In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you,

New King James Version
In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

Christian Standard Bible®
In that day you will ask in My name. I am not telling you that I will make requests to the Father on your behalf.

World English Bible
In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you.

Weymouth's New Testament
At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to ask the Father on your behalf,

King James Version (1611)
At that day ye shall aske in my Name: and I say not vnto you that I will pray the Father for you:

Literal Translation
In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not tell you that I will petition the Father about you;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In that daye shal ye axe in my name. And I saye not vnto you, that I wyl praye vnto the father for you:

Mace New Testament (1729)
though then ye shall ask in my name: I need not promise, that I will pray the father for you;

Amplified Bible
"In that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf [because it will be unnecessary];

American Standard Version
In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;

Revised Standard Version
In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
At that daye shall ye axe in myne name. And I saye not vnto you that I will speake vnto my father for you

Update Bible Version
In that day you shall ask in my name: and I don't say to you, that I will pray the Father for you;

Webster's Bible Translation
At that day ye will ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you:

Young's Literal Translation
`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

New Century Version
In that day you will ask the Father for things in my name. I mean, I will not need to ask the Father for you.

New English Translation
At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Complete Jewish Bible
When that day comes, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will pray to the Father on your behalf,

English Standard Version
In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

Geneva Bible (1587)
At that day shall ye aske in my Name, and I say not vnto you, that I will pray vnto the Father for you:

George Lamsa Translation
In that day you will ask in my name; and I will not say to you, I will ask the Father concerning you.

Hebrew Names Version
In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,

International Standard Version
On that day, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.John 16:23;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will ask of the Father for you;

Murdock Translation
In that day ye will ask in my name; and I do not say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you;

New Living Translation
Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf,

New Life Bible
In that day you will ask in My name. I will not ask the Father for you

English Revised Version
In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;

Berean Standard Bible
In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

New Revised Standard
On that day you will ask in my name. I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In that day, In my name, shall ye ask: - and I say not that, I, will request the Father for you;

Douay-Rheims Bible
In that day, you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you that I will ask the Father for you.

King James Version
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

Lexham English Bible
On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
At that day shall ye aske in my name: And I say not vnto you, that I wyll pray vnto my father for you.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then you will be able to ask the Father for things in my name. I'm not saying that I will have to ask the Father for you.

New American Standard Bible
"On that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

Good News Translation
When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In that dai ye schulen axe in my name; and Y seie not to you, that Y schal preye the fadir of you;

Contextual Overview

²³ When that time comes, you won't have to ask me about anything. I tell you for certain that the Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name. ²⁴ 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 that you will be completely happy. ²⁵ I have used examples to explain to you what I have been talking about. But the time will come when I will speak to you plainly about the Father and will no longer use examples like these. ²⁶ You will ask the Father in my name, and I won't have to ask him for you. ²⁷ God the Father loves you because you love me, and you believe that I have come from him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

At: John 16:23

that: John 14:16, John 17:9, John 17:19, John 17:24, Romans 8:34

Reciprocal: John 14:13 - whatsoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

At that day ye shall ask in my name,.... For when the Spirit was poured upon them, they not only received his extraordinary gifts, and had a larger measure of his grace bestowed upon them; but were also blessed with him, as a spirit of grace and supplication, in a more remarkable manner than ever they had been before: they then better understood the throne of grace, and the advantages of it; had greater enlargements and assistances at it; and were better acquainted with the mediation of Christ, and the necessity of making use of his name, blood, and righteousness, in all their petitions and requests.

And I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you. This Christ had promised before, John 14:16; nor was there any occasion to repeat it now, of which they might be strongly assured: besides, at that day the Spirit would be given to them by virtue of his intercession; so that there would be no need of praying to the Father for them on that account. This is said, not as if the intercession of Christ for his people would then cease; for he is always their advocate with the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for them; though it may not be carried on in the same manner, by prayer, as when he was here on earth, his personal appearance, and the presentation of his blood, sacrifice, and righteousness, being sufficient; but to declare the disposition and readiness of his Father to hear them, and grant unto them whatsoever they should ask of him in his name.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I say not unto you that I will pray ... - In John 14:16, Jesus says that he would pray the Father, and that he would send the Comforter. In John 17:0 he offered a memorable prayer for them. In Hebrews 7:25, it is said that Jesus ever liveth to make intercession for us; and it is constantly represented in the New Testament that it is by his intercession in heaven now that we obtain the blessings of pardon, peace, strength, and salvation. Compare Hebrews 9:24. This declaration of Jesus, then, does not mean that he would not intercede for them, but that there was no need then of his mentioning it to them again. They knew that; and, in addition to that, he told them that God was ready and willing to confer on them all needful blessings.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you — I need not tell you that I will continue your intercessor: I have given you already so many proofs of my love that ye cannot possibly doubt this: besides, the Father himself needs no entreaty to do you good, for he loves you, and is graciously disposed to save you to the uttermost, because ye have loved me and believed in me as coming from God, for the salvation of the world.