John 16:25
These things I have spoken to you in parables: but the time comes when I shall no longer speak to you in parables, but I shall tell you plainly of the Father.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26On 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
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and he spoke nothing to them without using a parable,
John 10:6Jesus spoke this parable to them: but they did not understand what he was saying 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 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 →