John 16:25

²³ In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

²⁴ Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

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.

²⁶ In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

²⁷ For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father.
BLB: I have spoken these things to you⁺ in allegories; an hour is coming when I will speak to you⁺ no more in allegories, but I will report to you⁺ plainly concerning the Father.

ÅB: Dette har jeg talt til dere i lignelser; det kommer en tid da jeg ikke lenger skal tale til dere i lignelser, men fritt ut forkynne dere om Faren.
OTB: "Jeg har sagt dette til dere i billedtale; den tid kommer da jeg ikke lenger skal tale til dere i billedtale, men skal fortelle dere rett ut om Faderen.
B1930: Dette har jeg talt til eder i lignelser; det kommer en tid da jeg ikke lenger skal tale til eder i lignelser, men fritt ut forkynne eder om Faderen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 16:12
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
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Mark 4:13
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
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John 10:6
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
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John 16:28–29
I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
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Matthew 13:34–35
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
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Matthew 13:10–11
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
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Psalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
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Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
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