Luke 8:16

No one when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a divan, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the light.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

In Context

15But that on the good ground are those who, in a good and honest heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

17For there is nothing concealed, that shall not be made manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known and brought into view.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15neither do men light a lamp and place it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33No one, when he has lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but upon the lamp-stand, that those who come in may see the light.

Philippians 2:15that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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