Mark 4:21

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The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?

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  • Matt 5:15 : 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
  • Luke 11:33 : 33 Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
  • Luke 8:16 : 16 Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you! 2 For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you. 3 Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.
  • 1 Cor 12:7 : 7 To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.
  • Eph 5:3-9 : 3 But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. 4 Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting– all of which are out of character– but rather thanksgiving. 5 For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy(such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Live in the Light Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be sharers with them, 8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light– 9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth– 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. 13 But all things being exposed by the light are made visible. 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!” 15 Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world 16 by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

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  • Luke 8:15-17
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    15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

    16Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

  • Matt 5:13-16
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    13Salt and Light“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people!

    14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • Mark 4:22-23
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    22For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.

    23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    30The Parable of the Mustard Seed He also asked,“To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

    31It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground–

    32when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade.”

    33The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    2Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

    3So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

  • Mark 4:26
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    26The Parable of the Growing Seed He also said,“The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

  • Luke 8:9
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    9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

  • Matt 25:4
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    4But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

  • Luke 12:35
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    35Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;

  • Mark 4:11-13
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    11He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • Luke 13:18
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    18On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

  • Matt 10:26-27
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    26Fear God, Not Man“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

    27What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

  • Exod 40:4
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    4You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29The Parable of the Fig Tree Then he told them a parable:“Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

  • Luke 13:20
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    20Again he said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

  • Matt 4:16
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    16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

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

  • Mark 4:3
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    3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

  • John 12:46
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    46I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

  • Matt 13:24
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    24The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

  • Mark 4:6-9
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    6When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

    8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • Luke 17:24
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    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Matt 25:7
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    7Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

  • Matt 13:34
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    34The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

  • Luke 14:35
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    35It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • John 11:10
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    10But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”