21aA woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
22Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ayour heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
23“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. aMost assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
24Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, athat your joy may be bfull.
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25“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you aplainly about the Father.
26In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;
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This threefold promise during His final message to His disciples still stands for God's elect. It is wide open. He says, whatever you ask—and ask what you desire in Jesus' name—and it will be done for you. In what He says here, the only qualifications are that we abide in Him and in His word.
