John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.
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In Context
26In that day, you shall ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you.
Cross References
Psalms 49:4He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.
Proverbs 1:6He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas.
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables,
John 10:6Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
John 16:12I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.
John 16:28I went forth from the Father, and I have come into the world. Next I am leaving the world, and I am going to the Father.”
Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28
Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 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 show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →