Until now have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
2. Hence He shows it to be good that He should depart, if hitherto they had asked nothing, and if then they should receive all things whatsoever they should ask. For do not suppose, because I shall no longer be with you, that you are deserted; My Name shall give you greater boldness. Since then the words which He had used had been veiled, He says,