John 16:25

New American Bible - revised edition

“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father.

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

My mouth shall speak words of wisdom, my heart shall offer insights.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable, unfold the puzzling events of the past.

Proverbs 1:6

To comprehend proverb and byword, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Mark 4:13

Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

Mark 4:34

Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private. The Calming of a Storm at Sea.

Mark 8:32

He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

John 10:24

So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

John 10:6

Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them.

John 16:12

“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.

John 16:2

They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.

John 16:32

Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Rather, we have renounced shameful, hidden things; not acting deceitfully or falsifying the word of God, but by the open declaration of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.