Passage
These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time will come, when I shall no more speake to you in parables: but I shall shew you plainely of the Father.
John 16:25 (GNV)
Nearby Context
John 16:23 And in that day shall ye aske me nothing. Verely, verely I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my Name, he will giue it you.
John 16:24 Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.
John 16:25 These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time will come, when I shall no more speake to you in parables: but I shall shew you plainely of the Father.
John 16:26 At that day shall ye aske in my Name, and I say not vnto you, that I will pray vnto the Father for you:
John 16:27 For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "things", "haue", "spoken", "vnto", "parables", "time", "come", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my..." into verse 26's "At that day shall ye aske in...", so "things" and "haue" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "things" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.