Ask in My Name

John 16:25

In 9 translations

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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 shew you plainly of the Father.
WEB: “I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
ASV: These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.
LSV: I have spoken these things in allegories to you, but there comes an hour when I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will tell you freely of the Father.
YLT: 'These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.
DBY: These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father.
DRC: 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.
GNV: These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time will come, when I shall no more speake to you in parables: but I shall shew you plainely of the Father.

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Where the editions differ

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀλλ᾽ (“but”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀπαγγελῶ (“I will announce”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀναγγελῶ (“I will report”).

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἔρχεται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔρχεται; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀλλʼ ἔρχεται.
SBLGNT: ἀπαγγελῶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπαγγελῶ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀναγγελῶ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Ταῦτα ἐν παροιμίαις λελάληκα ὑμῖν· ἔρχεται ὥρα ὅτε οὐκέτι ἐν παροιμίαις λαλήσω ὑμῖν ἀλλὰ παρρησίᾳ περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀπαγγελῶ ὑμῖν.
RP2018: Ταῦτα ἐν παροιμίαις λελάληκα ὑμῖν· ἀλλ’ ἔρχεται ὥρα ὅτε οὐκέτι ἐν παροιμίαις λαλήσω ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ παρρησίᾳ περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν.
TR-Boyd: Ταῦτα ἐν παροιμίαις λελάληκα ὑμῖν· ἀλλ᾿ ἔρχεται ὥρα ὅτε οὐκέτι ἐν παροιμίαις λαλήσω ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ παρρησίᾳ περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν.ἀλλ᾿ ¦ — SCR
SCR1894: ταυτα εν παροιμιαις λελαληκα υμιν ερχεται ωρα οτε ουκ ετι εν παροιμιαις λαλησω υμιν αλλα παρρησια περι του πατρος αναγγελω υμιν

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Comforter Proverb John, Gospel of Atonement Johannine Theology Holy Spirit God Jesus, the Christ

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Cross-references most cited first

John 16:12I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
John 16:28–29I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.” His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
Mark 4:13Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
Matthew 13:34–35Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter…
John 10:6Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
Matthew 13:10–11Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
2 Corinthians 3:12–18Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were closed. For…
Proverbs 1:6by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
John 16:16–17In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.” Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a…
John 16:2They 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.
2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in…
Acts 2:33–36Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said…

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