Matthew 5:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 4:21 : 21 And 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?
  • Luke 8:16 : 16 No 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.
  • Luke 11:33 : 33 No 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.
  • Exod 25:37 : 37 Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.
  • Num 8:2 : 2 Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 90%

    33 No 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.

    34 The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

    35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

    36 If, 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.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16 No 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.

    17 For 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.

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

  • Mark 4:21-22
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    21 And 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?

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

  • Matt 5:13-14
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    86%

    13 You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

    14 You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

  • 35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

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    35 Jesus 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.

    36 In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

    3 So, 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.

  • 27 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.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

  • 9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22 The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

    23 But 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!

  • 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

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

  • John 3:19-20
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    19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

    20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

  • 10 But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

  • 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

  • 35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

  • 37 Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.

  • 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

    5 For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

  • 31 And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

  • 14 And the support for the lights, with its vessels and its lights and the oil for the light;

  • 24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

  • 5 And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

  • 20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

  • 16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

  • 4 Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

  • 37 The support for the lights, with the vessels for the lights to be put in their places on it, and all its vessels, and the oil for the lights;

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

  • 37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

  • 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

  • 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

  • 1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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

  • 8 Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?