John 16:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ [^LFor] The Father himself loves you. He loves you because you loved me and believed that I came from God. ²⁸ I came from the Father into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

²⁹ Then the ·followers [disciples] of Jesus said, “You are speaking ·clearly [plainly] to us now and are not using ·stories that are hard to understand [parables; figurative speech].