Mark 4:21

And he was saying unto them—Doth the lamp come that under the measure it should be put, or under the couch? Is it not that upon the lampstand it may be put?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 those yonder are they who on the good ground are sown,—who, indeed, hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit—thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.

22For it is not hidden, save that it may be made visible; neither did it get hidden away, but that it might come into a place where it could be seen.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Neither light they a lamp, and place it under the measure; but upon the lampstand, and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33No one, having lighted, a lamp, into a covered place, a putteth it, nor, under the measure; but upon the lampstand, that they who enter may see, the light.

Ephesians 5:3But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you—even as becometh 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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