Mark 4:21

Mark chapter 4 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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?

Context

v.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.

v.21This passage

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

Cross references

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

Matthew 5:15
Neither 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.
Philippians 2:15
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
Luke 11:33
No 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.
Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
Luke 8:16
And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;