Mark 4:21

And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, [and] not to be put on the stand?

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

In Context

20And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

22For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was [anything] made secret, but that it should come to light.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Neither do [men] light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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