John 16:25
"I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. [However], the time will come when I will not speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:2
The Jewish authorities will expel you from their synagogues. In fact, the time will come when whoever kills you will think he is doing a service to God.
Matthew 13:10-11
Jesus' disciples came and said to Him, "Why are you speaking to them [i.e., the large crowds] by using parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds with parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.
Mark 4:13
And Jesus continued to speak to them, "Do you not know what this parable means? Then how can you understand any of the other parables?
John 10:6
Jesus told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate his teaching] but they did not understand what it meant.
John 16:12
"I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them at present.
John 16:16-17
After a little while [longer] you will not see me anymore. Then a little while [later] you will see me again."
John 16:28-29
I came from the Father into this world and now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father."
Acts 2:33-36
Jesus is [now] exalted at the right side of God, and having received the promised Holy Spirit from His Father, He has poured out what you have seen and heard [here this day].
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Therefore, since we have such a hope [i.e., that the Gospel is much superior to the law], we speak with great boldness,
2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced [the practice of] secret, disgraceful behavior. We do not practice deception, nor resort to distorting God's message. But, by making known the truth [i.e., the true message], we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the presence of God.