Mark 4:21

And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?

Revised Version 1895

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 are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

22For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, 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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