25. “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.
26. In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you 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.
28. I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
29. His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!