Mark 4:21

And he said to them, Whether a lantern cometh, that it be put under a bushel, or under a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candlestick?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 it be that be sown on good land, which hear the word, and take (it), (or and receive it), and make fruit, one thirtyfold, and one sixtyfold, and one an hundredfold.

22There is nothing hid, that shall not be made open [or that shall not be showed]; neither anything is privy, that shall not come into (the) open. (There is nothing hidden, that shall not be made open or revealed; nor is anything private, or kept secret, that shall not be brought out into the open.)

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Cross References

Matthew 5:15nor men tendeth a lantern, and putteth it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, (so) that it give light to all that be in the house.

Luke 11:33No man tendeth, [or lighteneth], (or lighteth), a lantern, and putteth it in huddles (or hideth it), neither under a bushel, but (rather) on a candlestick, (so) that they that go in (side), see light.

Ephesians 5:3And fornication, and all uncleanness, or avarice (or greed), be not named among you, as it becometh holy men;

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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