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.

“这些事，我是用比喻对你们说的；时候将到，我不再用比喻对你们说，乃要将父明明地告诉你们。

“这些事，我是用比方对你们说的；时候将到，我不再用比方对你们说，而是要把父的事明白地告诉你们。

“这些事，我是用比方对你们说的；时候将到，我不再用比方对你们说，而是要把父的事明白地告诉你们。

“我一直用比喻跟你们讲这些事，不久，我就不再用比喻了，而是清楚地把父的事告诉你们。

“我用譬喻对你们说了这些事，时候要到，我不再用譬喻对你们说了，而是把关于父的事明明白白告诉你们。

“我用比喻对你们说了这些话。但是时候就要到了！那时我不再用比喻对你们说话，而是要明确地告诉你们有关父的事。

「這些事，我是用比喻對你們說的；時候將到，我不再用比喻對你們說，乃要將父明明地告訴你們。

「這些事，我是用比方對你們說的；時候將到，我不再用比方對你們說，而是要把父的事明白地告訴你們。

「這些事，我是用比方對你們說的；時候將到，我不再用比方對你們說，而是要把父的事明白地告訴你們。

「我一直用比喻跟你們講這些事，不久，我就不再用比喻了，而是清楚地把父的事告訴你們。

“我用譬喻對你們說了這些事，時候要到，我不再用譬喻對你們說了，而是把關於父的事明明白白告訴你們。

『這些事我是用隱喻對你們說的；時候必到，那時我就不再用隱喻對你們講話了；我乃是要坦然無隱地將父傳告你們。

「我用比喻對你們說了這些話。但是時候就要到了！那時我不再用比喻對你們說話，而是要明確地告訴你們有關父的事。

凡此我曾以喻語爾、時至、我不復以喻語爾、乃以父明示於爾、

我以此設譬告爾、時至、我不設譬、乃以父明示爾、

我設喻以此事告爾、時將至、我不復設喻告爾、乃以父明示爾、

予向以譬喻教爾、惟時即至、予將不復設譬、必欲明白曉暢、以父示爾。

“ Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

“ I have not been speaking to you plainly. But a time is coming when I will speak clearly. Then I will tell you plainly about my Father.

“ I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

“ I have spoken of these matters in figures of speech, but soon I will stop speaking figuratively and will tell you plainly all about the Father.

“ I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

“ These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

“ These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

“ I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

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.

“ I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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.

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto 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.

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

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

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.But 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, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

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.

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.