John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
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.
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- proverbs
- or, parables.
- John 16:12, 16, 17; Psalm 49:4; Psalm 78:2; Proverbs 1:6; Matthew 13:10, 11, 34, 35; Mark 4:13
- but
- John 16:28, 29; Acts 2:33–36; 2 Corinthians 3:12–18; 2 Corinthians 4:2