John 16:25

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.

Psalm 78:2

They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

Proverbs 1:6

He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas.

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "

Mark 4:13

And he said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:34

But he did not speak to them without a parable. Yet separately, he explained all things to his disciples.

Mark 8:32

And he spoke the word openly. And Peter, taking him aside, began to correct him.

John 10:24

And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: "How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

John 10:6

Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

John 16:12

I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.

John 16:32

Behold, the hour is coming, and it has now arrived, when you will be scattered, each one on his own, and you will leave me behind, alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

2 Corinthians 4:2

For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.