John 16:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁵ “I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. [However], the time will come when I will not speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.

Common English Bible

²⁵ “I’ve been using figures of speech with you. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in such analogies. Instead, I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.

John 16:25 Cross References

Mark 4:13

And Jesus continued to speak to them; “Do you not know what this parable means? Then how can you understand any of the other parables?

Mark 4:34

And He did not speak to them [i.e., concerning the kingdom] without using a parable, but He explained everything to His own disciples privately.

Mark 8:32

And He spoke about this freely. But Peter took Jesus aside and began rebuking Him [i.e., for saying such things].

John 10:24

Some Jewish [authorities] gathered around Him and asked, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you [really] are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

John 10:6

Jesus told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate his teaching] but they did not understand what it meant.

John 16:12

“I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them at present.

John 16:2

The Jewish authorities will expel you from their synagogues. In fact, the time will come when whoever kills you will think he is doing a service to God.

John 16:32

Look, the time is coming --- yes, it is already here --- when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and will leave me [all] alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have renounced [the practice of] secret, disgraceful behavior. We do not practice deception, nor resort to distorting God’s message. But, by making known the truth [i.e., the true message], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the presence of God.