Luke 12:3

because whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the inner-chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Literal Standard Version

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

2and there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hid that will not be known;

4And I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything more to do;

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:12Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, || And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Matthew 10:27that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

Jude 1:14And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied to these, saying, “Behold, the LORD has come with myriads of His holy ones,

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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