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And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:13 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • KJV And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • NKJV And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • NASB And whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • NLT You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.

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Quick answer

Jesus promises to do whatever they ask in His name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. It grounds answered prayer in His name and the Father's glory.

Overview

Praying 'in Jesus' name' means asking in accordance with His character, will, and saving purpose, not merely appending a formula. Such prayer is answered to the end that the Father is glorified through the Son. The verse connects the church's empowered mission (v. 12) to confident, Christ-centered prayer.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 35

  • John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  • Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  • Matt 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
  • Matt 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
  • 1 Jn 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
  • 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.
  • John 14:14If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
  • John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  • 1 Jn 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
  • Eph 3:20–21Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  • Jas 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  • Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
  • John 16:26In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
  • Eph 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
  • Jas 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
  • Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
  • Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • Col 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  • John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
  • John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  • Heb 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
  • Luke 11:9So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
  • John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
  • 1 Pet 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
  • 2 Cor 12:8–10Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
  • Eph 3:14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
  • Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  • John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  • John 5:19So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
  • John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
  • John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  • John 17:4–5I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
  • John 13:31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

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John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

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