Luke 12:3

So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

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In The King James Version

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

In Context

2But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

4And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

Matthew 10:27What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

Jude 1:14The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:2-13

Christ's Charge to His Apostles. 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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