John 16:25 Cross References - Living_Oracles

²⁵ These things I have spoken to you in figures: the time approaches when I shall no more discourse to you in figures, but instruct you plainly concerning the Father.

¹⁰ Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.

³⁴ All these similitudes Jesus spoke to the people; for he taught them only by similitudes; ³⁵ in this verifying the word of the Prophet, "I will discourse in parables; I will utter things concerning which, all antiquity has been silent."

¹³ He said also to them, Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

⁶ Jesus addressed this similitude to them, but they did not comprehend what he said.

² They will expel you from the synagogue; nay, the time is coming, when, whosoever kills you, will think he offers sacrifice to God.

¹² I have many things still to tell you, but you can not yet bear them.

¹⁶ A little while you shall not see me; a little while after, you shall see me; because I go to the Father. ¹⁷ Some of the disciples said among themselves, What does he mean by this; a little while you shall not see me; a little while after, you shall see me; because I go to the Father?

²⁸ From the presence of the Father I cam into the world. Again, I leave the world, and return to the Father. ²⁹ His disciples replied, Now, indeed, you speak plainly, and without a figure.

³³ being exalted, therefore, to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has shed forth this, which you see and hear. ³⁴ For David is not ascended into heaven, but he says, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make thy foes thy footstool. ³⁶ Let, therefore, all the house of Israel assuredly know, that God has made this Jesus, whom you have crucified, Lord and Messiah.

¹² Having, therefore, such confidence, we use great plainness of speech; ¹³ and not as Moses, who put a vail upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished. ¹⁴ Indeed, their minds were blinded: for, till this day, the same vail remains in the reading of the Old Institution; it not being discovered that it is abolished in Christ. ¹⁵ Moreover, till this day, when Moses is read, the vail lies upon their heart. ¹⁶ But when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken from around it. ¹⁷ Now, the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, beholding, as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord; are transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.

² but have commanded away the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.