Mark 4:21

And he said to them, A lamp never cometh to be put under a measure, or under a bed: is it not set upon a candlestick?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 who in good ground are sowed, these are they who hear the word, and receive, and give fruits, thirty, and sixty, and a hundred.

22For nothing is hid which shall not be revealed; nor is there any thing in secret which is not to be manifested.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Nor do they kindle a lamp and place it beneath a measure, but on a candlestick, and it enlighteneth all who are in the house.

Luke 11:33No man lighteth a lamp and setteth it in a secret (place) or under a measure, but upon a candlestick, that they who enter may see the light of it.

Ephesians 5:3BUT fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness, let them not be even heard among you, as it becometh the 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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