Luke 8:16

No man lighting a lamp hides it with a cover, or putteth it under a bed, but on a stand, that they who are coming in, may see the light.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

In Context

15But that on the good ground are they who having heard the word, retain it in a heart excellent and good, and bring forth fruit with patience.

17For there is nothing hid which shall not be made manifest, nor concealed, which shall not be known and brought to light.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Neither do men burn a lamp, and set it under a bushel, but on its stand; and it sheds light on all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33But no man lighting a lamp putteth it in a concealed place, or under a bushel, but on a stand, that they who are coming in, may see the light.

Philippians 2:15that ye may be blameless and harmless, the children of God, inoffensive, in the midst of an untoward and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world;

Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps which stand before the face of the God of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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