John 16:24-27

MNT(i) 24 Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 "I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words. 26 In that day you shall pray in my name; and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from the God.