John 16:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you: 8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
  • John 15:11 : 11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
  • Jas 4:2-3 : 2 You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it. 3 You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
  • John 16:23 : 23 And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
  • Eph 1:16-17 : 16 Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
  • 1 Thess 3:11-13 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you; 12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you; 13 So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  • 2 John 1:12 : 12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.
  • 1 John 1:3-4 : 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ: 4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.
  • John 3:29 : 29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
  • 1 Kgs 18:36 : 36 Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.
  • 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 16:22-23
    2 verses
    89%

    22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

    23 And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

  • John 16:25-27
    3 verses
    80%

    25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

    26 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,

    27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

  • John 14:12-16
    5 verses
    80%

    12 Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.

    13 And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

    14 If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.

    15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

    16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

  • John 15:11
    78%

    11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

  • John 15:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

    8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.

  • John 17:13
    74%

    13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

  • John 16:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

    20 Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • Mark 11:24
    71%

    24 For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

  • Matt 21:22
    71%

    22 And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

  • Luke 11:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

    10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

  • 1 John 1:4
    70%

    4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

  • Matt 7:7
    70%

    7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

  • John 16:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14 He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you.

    15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

    16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

  • John 15:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

    16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

  • John 14:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

    26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.

  • John 16:4-6
    3 verses
    69%

    4 I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

    5 But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?

    6 But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.

  • John 11:22
    69%

    22 But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

  • John 14:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

    20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

  • Matt 6:8
    68%

    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

  • Jas 4:3
    68%

    3 You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

  • 1 John 3:22
    68%

    22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

  • John 17:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

    24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

  • John 17:26
    68%

    26 And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

  • John 16:33
    68%

    33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

  • Mark 10:36
    68%

    36 And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

  • John 17:6
    67%

    6 I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

  • John 14:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

    29 And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith.

  • John 17:1
    67%

    1 Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

  • 1 John 5:15
    67%

    15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

  • John 13:17
    66%

    17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

  • John 17:20
    66%

    20 My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;