Luke 12:3

Luke chapter 12 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Context

v.2But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

v.3This passage

v.4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 12:36

    And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  • Jude 1:14

    And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

  • Matthew 10:27

    What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

  • Job 24:14

    The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:20

    Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:12

    The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.