John 16:25

The Text-Critical English New Testament

“I have told you these things in figures of speech, but an hour is coming when I will no longer use figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Cross References

Mark 4:13

Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?

Mark 4:34

He did not speak to them without using a parable, but privately he explained everything to his disciples.

Mark 8:32

He was stating the matter plainly, so 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 yoʋ going to keep us in suspense? If yoʋ are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

John 10:6

Jesus spoke to them with this figure of speech, 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 cannot bear them now.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, an hour is coming when anyone who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

John 16:32

Behold, an hour is coming, and has now come, when you will be scattered, each to yoʋr own home, and will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Rather, we have renounced shameful hidden deeds; we do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by openly proclaiming the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.