John 16:12 “I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.”

John 16:12

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

World English Bible

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

American Standard Version

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe.

Darby Translation

I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Young's Literal Translation

'I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;

Bible in Basic English

I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

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Cross references

“yet”

John 15:15 Acts 1:3 John 14:30

John 15:15 · BSB

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Acts 1:3 · BSB

After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

John 14:30 · BSB

I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

“ye”

Mark 4:33 Hebrews 5:11–14 1 Corinthians 3:1 1 Corinthians 3:2

Mark 4:33 · BSB

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

Hebrews 5:11–14 · BSB

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

1 Corinthians 3:1 · BSB

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:2 · BSB

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

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