John 16:25

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals. No abominable meat has come into my mouth!”

“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak;

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

He wrote there on the stones a copy of Moses’ law, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

“Son of man, hasn’t the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”

“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.

“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.

Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

But we have renounced 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.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: