John 16:25

“I have told you these things in figurative language (veiled language, proverbs); the hour is now coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,
And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].

Matthew 13:10-11

Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.

Mark 4:13

Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?

John 10:6

Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.

John 16:12

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now.

John 16:16-17

“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

John 16:28-29

I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

Acts 2:33-36

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this [blessing] which you both see and hear.

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Summary

John 16:25

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.

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I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this [blessing] which you both see and hear.

Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,