John 16:25

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I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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  • Matt 13:10-11 : 10 Then the disciples approached him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'
  • Mark 4:13 : 13 He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
  • John 10:6 : 6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
  • John 16:12 : 12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
  • John 16:28-29 : 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father. 29 His disciples said to him, 'See, now you are speaking plainly and not using any figure of speech.'
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter mysteries from ancient times.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
  • Acts 2:33-36 : 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, 35 until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’ 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.
  • 2 Cor 3:12-18 : 12 Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, 13 not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 But even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
  • John 16:16-17 : 16 A little while, and you will no longer see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father. 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by saying, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me,” and “because I am going to the Father”?'

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  • John 16:26-29
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    26On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,

    27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

    29His disciples said to him, 'See, now you are speaking plainly and not using any figure of speech.'

  • John 16:22-24
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    22So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

    23On that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

    24Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.

  • John 16:3-6
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    3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

    4I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you.

    5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

    6Instead, because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

  • John 14:25
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    25I have spoken these things to you while remaining with you.

  • John 16:12-20
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    12I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

    13When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you what is to come.

    14He will glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

    15Everything that the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

    16A little while, and you will no longer see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father.

    17Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by saying, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me,” and “because I am going to the Father”?'

    18They said, 'What does he mean by “a little while”? We do not know what he is talking about.'

    19Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, 'Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me”?'

    20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

  • John 14:18-20
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    18I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

    19In a little while, the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

    20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

  • John 14:28-31
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    28You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

    29And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe.

    30I will not speak much with you anymore, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

    31But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • John 14:9-10
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    9Jesus said to him, 'Philip, have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?'

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.

  • John 17:25-26
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    25Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, I have known You, and they have known that You sent Me.

    26I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.

  • John 16:10
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    10about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;

  • John 17:13
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    13But now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

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    27All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

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    33'Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you: Where I am going, you cannot come.'

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    15I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know what his master is doing. Instead, I have called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.

  • John 14:7
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    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.

  • John 17:1
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    1After Jesus had spoken these words, He looked up to heaven and said, 'Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You.'

  • John 8:27-28
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    27They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

    28So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

  • John 16:32-33
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    32'Look, the hour is coming—in fact, it has already arrived—when you will be scattered, each to your own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.'

    33'I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble. But take courage! I have overcome the world.'

  • John 15:11
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    11I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

  • Luke 10:22
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    22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

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    16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever.

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    26When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.

  • John 5:20
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    20'For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He does. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.'

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  • Matt 13:34
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    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.