John 16:25

New King James Version

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Cross References

John 16:12

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 10:6

Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

Mark 4:13

And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”

Mark 4:34

But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.

Mark 8:32

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

John 10:24

Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

John 16:32

Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.