Luke 12:3

For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.

4And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

Matthew 10:27That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

Jude 1:14Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh 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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