John 16:29 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁹ His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ His disciples said, Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in parables (veiled language and figures of speech)!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.

Common English Bible

²⁹ His disciples said, “See! Now you speak plainly; you aren’t using figures of speech.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ His disciples said to him: "Behold, now you are speaking plainly and not reciting a proverb.

John 16:29 Cross References

Matthew 13:34

All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable.

Mark 8:32

And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

John 10:6

This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

John 16:25

“I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.