Luke 8:16

No man lyghteth a candell and covereth it vnder a vessell nether putteth it vnder ye table: but setteth it on a candelsticke that they that enter in maye se ye lyght.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

15That in ye good grounde are they which with a good and pure hert heare the worde and kepe it and bringe forth frute with pacience.

17No thinge is in secret yt shall not come abroode: Nether eny thinge hyd that shall not be knowen and come to lyght.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15nether do men lyght a cadell and put it vnder a busshell but on a candelstick and it lighteth all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33Noo man lighteth a candell and putteth it in a previe place nether vnder a busshell: But on a candelsticke that they that come in maye se ye light.

Revelation 11:4These are two olyve trees and two cadlestyckes stodinge before ye god of ye erth

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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