John 16:25 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

²⁵ “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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.

Common English Bible

²⁵ “I’ve been using figures of speech with you. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in such analogies. Instead, I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ 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.

John 16:25 Tagairtí Cros

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.