John 16:25

"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Psalm 49:4

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

Psalm 78:2

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

Proverbs 1:6

To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

Matthew 13:10-11

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

Matthew 13:34-35

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

Mark 4:13

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

John 10:6

Jesus told them this parable, 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

In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me."

John 16:28-29

I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Acts 2:33-36

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

But

John 16:28
I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
Acts 2:33
So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
2 Corinthians 3:12
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

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