KJV King James Version
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
WEB World English Bible
“I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
ASV American Standard Version
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear them now;
Surrounding context — John 16
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.
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Mark 4:33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear [it].John 15:15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.1 Corinthians 3:1-2And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.Acts 1:3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:Hebrews 5:11-14Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.John 14:30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
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