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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΤαῦταTautaThese thingsG3778 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
παροιμίαιςparoimiaisallegoriesG3942 →
λελάληκαlelalēkaI have spokenG2980 →
ὑμῖν·huminto you;G4771 →
ἔρχεταιerchetaiis comingG2064 →
ὥραhōraan hourG5610 →
ὅτεhotewhenG3753 →
οὐκέτιouketino longerG3756 →G2089 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
παροιμίαιςparoimiaisallegoriesG3942 →
λαλήσωlalēsōI will speakG2980 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
ἀλλὰallabutG235 →
παρρησίᾳparrēsiaplainlyG3954 →
περὶpericoncerningG4012 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
πατρὸςpatrosFatherG3962 →
ἀπαγγελῶapangelōI will announceG518 →
ὑμῖν.¶huminto you.G4771 →

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John 16:12I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.John 14:8Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”John 16:28–29I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”Mark 4:13Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?Matthew 13:34–35Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.John 10:6Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.Mark 8:32He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.Matthew 13:10–11Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:John 11:14So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”2 Corinthians 3:12–18Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.Deuteronomy 27:8And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”John 16:29His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

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