John 16:25
I have spoken these things unto you in parables; the hour comes, when I shall no longer speak to you in parables, but openly will I proclaim to you concerning the Father.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that clay you shall ask in my name: and I do not say, that I will ask the Father for you;
Cross References
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all of these things to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable He was not speaking to them:
John 10:6He spoke this parable to them: but they did not know what things He was speaking to them.
John 16:12I have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.
John 16:28I came out from the Father, and have come into the world: again, I leave the world, and 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 →