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. Cross References Ezekiel 20:49 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling parables?'" Matthew 13:34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. Mark 4:34 He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples. Mark 8:32 He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. John 10:6 Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them. John 10:24 So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. John 16:29 His 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. Treasury of Scripture These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. proverbs. John 16:12,16,17 Psalm 49:4 Psalm 78:2 but. John 16:28,29 Acts 2:33-36 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 |