“I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- BSB I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- NKJV “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
- NASB “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them at the present time.
- NLT “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Mark 4:33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- 1 Cor 3:1–2Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
- Acts 1:3To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
- Heb 5:11–14About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
- John 14:30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
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