John 16:25
"I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Matthew 13:10-11
The disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; and without a parable he did not speak to them.
Mark 4:13
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
John 10:6
This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
John 16:12
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
John 16:16-17
"A little while, and you will see me no more; 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
Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.