Luke 12:3

For the things that you have spoken in darkness will be declared in the light. And what you have said in the ear in bedrooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

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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

2For there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden, which will not be known.

4So I say to you, my friends: Do not be fearful of those who kill the body, and afterwards have no more that they can do.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:12Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.

Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. And what you hear whispered in the ear, preach above the rooftops.

Jude 1:14And about these, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied, saying: “Behold, the Lord is arriving with 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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