Mark 4:21

And he said to them, Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a lampstand?

Revised King James New Testament

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 the ones who are like seed sown on good ground; they hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundredfold.

22For there is nothing hidden, which shall not be revealed; nor is anything kept secret that shall not come to light.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Nor do men light a lamp, and put it under a bushel, but on a lampstand; and it gives light to all who are in the house.

Luke 11:33No man, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a cellar, or under a bushel, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.

Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or covetousness, must not even be named among you, as is befitting 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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