John 16:25-33

25 "These things I have spoken to you in ¹figurative language; ²an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

26 "³In that day ⁴you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

27 for ⁵the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ⁶have believed that ⁷I came forth from the Father.

28 "⁸I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and ⁹going to the Father."

29 His disciples said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using ¹⁰a figure of speech.

30 "Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we ¹¹believe that You ¹²came from God."

31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

32 "Behold, ¹³an hour is coming, and has already come, for ¹⁴you to be scattered, each to ¹⁵his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ¹⁶I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33 "These things I have spoken to you, so that ¹⁷in Me you may have peace. ¹⁸In the world you have tribulation, but ¹⁹take courage; ²⁰I have overcome the world."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 13:34; John 10:6; John 16:29
• 2. John 16:2
• 3. John 14:20; John 16:23
• 4. John 16:19, 30
• 5. John 14:21, 23
• 6. John 2:11; John 16:30
• 7. John 8:42
• 8. John 8:42; John 16:30
• 9. John 13:1, 3; John 16:5, 10, 17
• 10. Matthew 13:34; John 10:6; John 16:25
• 11. John 2:11; John 16:27
• 12. John 8:42; John 16:28
• 13. John 4:23; John 16:2, 25
• 14. Zechariah 13:7; Matthew 26:31
• 15. John 19:27
• 16. John 8:29
• 17. John 14:27
• 18. John 15:18f
• 19. Matthew 9:2
• 20. Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:7f; 2 Corinthians 6:4f; Revelation 3:21; Revelation 12:11

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "proverbs;" or "figures of speech"
• [b] Lit "proverbs;" or "figures of speech"
• [c] Lit "saying a proverb"