Matthew 10:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

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  • Acts 5:20 : 20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
  • John 16:1 : 1 I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.
  • John 16:13 : 13 However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
  • John 16:29 : 29 His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.
  • John 16:25 : 25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.
  • Acts 17:17 : 17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,
  • Prov 1:20-23 : 20 Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places; 21 Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town: 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge? 23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
  • Prov 8:1-5 : 1 Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding? 2 At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place; 3 Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: 4 I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
  • Matt 13:1-9 : 1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside. 2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea. 3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; 4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food: 5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep: 6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead. 7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth: 8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much. 9 He who has ears, let him give ear. 10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories? 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. 16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open. 17 For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them: 35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

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  • Luke 12:2-5
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    2But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

    3So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

    4And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

    5But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

  • Matt 10:26
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    26Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

    17For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

  • Mark 4:21-23
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    21And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?

    22There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

    23If any man has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    14You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

    15And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

    16Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

  • Matt 10:17-20
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    17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

    18And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

    19But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

    20Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

  • Mark 13:15
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    15And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

  • Luke 11:33
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    33No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

  • Mark 13:9-11
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    9But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

    10And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

    11And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 10:7
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    7And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

    36If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

  • Matt 24:17
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    17Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

  • Matt 13:43
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    43Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 17:31
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    31On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

  • Matt 13:9
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    9He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Eph 5:12-13
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    12For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

    13But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

  • Matt 13:34-35
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    34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

    35That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

  • Luke 12:11-12
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    11And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

    12For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

  • Matt 10:14
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    14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

  • Acts 10:37
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    37That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • Luke 10:10
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    10But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

  • Jer 5:20
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    20Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

  • Job 24:16
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    16In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

  • Mark 6:10
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    10And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 28:10
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    10Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

  • Matt 6:4
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    4So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

  • Mark 13:37
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    37And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

  • Luke 10:15
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    15And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

  • Mark 8:30
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    30And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.