Mark 4:21

And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a close vessel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

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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 they who are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it , and bring forth fruit, some thirty-fold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither hath any thing been kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a close vessel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

Luke 11:33No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a close vessel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

Ephesians 5:3But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once 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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