Mark 4:21

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:15 : 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.
  • Luke 11:33 : 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.
  • Luke 8:16 : 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.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • 1 Cor 12:7 : 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.
  • Eph 5:3-9 : 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them; 8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; 12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. 13 But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light. 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee. 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 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, 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 8:15-17
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    87%

    15And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

    16And 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.

    17For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor [anything] secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

  • Matt 5:13-16
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    13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

    14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

    15Neither 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.

    16Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33No 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.

    34The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

    36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

  • Mark 4:22-23
    2 verses
    83%

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

    23If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    73%

    30And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

    31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,

    32yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

    33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    72%

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

    3Wherefore 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.

  • Mark 4:20
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    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.

  • Mark 4:26
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    26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

  • Luke 8:9
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    9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

  • Matt 25:4
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    4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

  • Luke 12:35
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    35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

  • Mark 4:11-13
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    11And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:

    12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

    13And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

  • Luke 13:18
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    18He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?

  • Matt 10:26-27
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    26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

    27What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

  • Exod 40:4
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    4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:

  • Luke 13:20
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    20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

  • Matt 4:16
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    16the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:3
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    3Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

  • John 12:46
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    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

  • Matt 13:24
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    24Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

  • Mark 4:6-9
    4 verses
    69%

    6and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

    7And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

    9And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.

  • Matt 25:7
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    7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

  • Matt 13:34
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    34All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

  • Luke 8:5
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    5The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

  • Luke 14:35
    68%

    35It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: [men] cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • John 11:10
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    10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.