Mark 4:21

And He said to them, “Does the lamp come that it may be put under the measure, or under the bed—not that it may be put on the lampstand?

Literal 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 these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who hear the word, and receive, and bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

22For there is not anything hid that may not be revealed, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15nor do they light a lamp and put it under the measure, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all those in the house;

Luke 11:33And no one having lighted a lamp, puts [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lampstand, that those coming in may behold the light.

Ephesians 5:3and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, do not let it even be named among you, as is proper to holy ones;

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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