⁶⁷ “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me,

²⁵ “Though I have been speaking figuratively,^(A) a time is coming^(B) when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

²⁹ Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.^(A)