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|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.

|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 using similes and metaphors, but the time is coming when I shall not speak to you in symbolic language, but shall tell you about the Father openly.

|I have told you these things using similes and metaphors, but the time is coming when I shall not speak to you in symbolic language, but shall tell you about the Father openly.

|The word in the first clause literally means "proverbs, symbolic language, figurative wording," but since the actual symbolic method Jesus tends to use are similes ("the kingdom of heaven is like...")and metaphors ("don't clean just the outside of the cup..."), which are a form of symbolic or figurative language, and are probably more readily understood by modern audiences, I have substituted those in the first clause. Ironically, John records less of the similes and metaphors Jesus used, such as Parables, than any of the other gospels.

|The word in the first clause literally means "proverbs, symbolic language, figurative wording," but since the actual symbolic method Jesus tends to use are similes ("the kingdom of heaven is like...")and metaphors ("don't clean just the outside of the cup..."), and these are probably more readily understood by modern audiences, I have substituted those in the first clause. Ironically, John records less of the similes and metaphors Jesus used, such as Parables, than any of the other gospels.

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