Luke 8:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth› [it] ‹under a bed; but setteth› [it] ‹on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.›

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  • Luke 11:33 : 33 ‹No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth› [it] ‹in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.›
  • Mark 4:21-22 : 21 ¶ 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?› 22 ‹For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.›
  • Matt 5:15-16 : 15 ‹Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.› 16 ‹Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.›
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 ‹To open their eyes,› [and] ‹to turn› [them] ‹from darkness to light, and› [from] ‹the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.›
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 ‹The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.› 1 ¶ ‹Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;›
  • Rev 11:4 : 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

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    33‹No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth› [it] ‹in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.›

    34‹The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when› [thine eye] ‹is evil, thy body also› [is] ‹full of darkness.›

    35‹Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.›

    36‹If thy whole body therefore› [be] ‹full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.›

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    88%

    14‹Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.›

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  • Mark 4:21-22
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    21¶ 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?›

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