Cross references

John 16:25

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.

John 16:25 BSB

John 16:25 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 16:12 (8 votes) and Matthew 13:34–35 (5 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Deuteronomy 27 to Ephesians 5.

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Which verses does John 16:25 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 16:128 votes

    I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

  2. Jesus 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 things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

  3. Mark 4:135 votes

    Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

  4. John 10:65 votes

    Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

  5. I 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.

  6. Psalm 49:44 votes

    I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

  7. Psalm 78:24 votes

    I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

  8. Then 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.

  9. Therefore, 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. …

  10. by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

  11. John 16:22 votes

    They 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.

  12. In 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 little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

Which verses point to John 16:25?

The 10 strongest of 19.