John 16:25
These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father for you:
Cross References
Psalms 49:4My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Proverbs 1:6He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.
John 10:6This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
John 16:12I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.
John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and I go 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 →