Mark 4:21

He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

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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

20Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

22For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

Luke 11:33“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned amongst you, as becomes 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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