Mark 4:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:15 : 15 nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;
  • Luke 11:33 : 33 `And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.
  • Luke 8:16 : 16 `And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put `it'; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put `it', that those coming in may see the light,
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. 2 For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. 3 And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • 1 Cor 12:7 : 7 And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit;
  • Eph 5:3-9 : 3 and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; 4 also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving; 5 for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience, 7 become not, then, partakers with them, 8 for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, 9 for the fruit of the Spirit `is' in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth, 10 proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord, 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, 12 for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of, 13 and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light; 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.' 15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world, 16 the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 8:15-17
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    87%

    15`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.

    16`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put `it'; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put `it', that those coming in may see the light,

    17for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

  • Matt 5:13-16
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    13`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

    14`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

    15nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

    16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

    34`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

    36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

  • Mark 4:22-23
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    83%

    22for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

    23If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Mark 4:30-33
    4 verses
    73%

    30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

    31As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

    32and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

    33And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    72%

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

    3because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20`And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

  • Mark 4:26
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    26And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

  • Luke 8:9
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    9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

  • Matt 25:4
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    4and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.

  • Luke 12:35
    71%

    35`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

  • Mark 4:11-13
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    70%

    11and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

    13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

  • Luke 13:18
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    18And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

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

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  • Exod 40:4
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    4and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its lamps to go up.

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

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    69%

    29And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

  • Luke 13:20
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    20And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

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    69%

    16the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'

  • Luke 8:11
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    11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

  • Mark 4:3
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    3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

  • John 12:46
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    46I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

  • Matt 13:24
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    24Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

  • Mark 4:6-9
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    69%

    6and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

    7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

    8and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

    9And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Luke 6:39
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    39And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one `part' under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

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    7`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,

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    34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

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    5`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

  • Luke 14:35
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    35neither for land nor for manure is it fit -- they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • John 11:10
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    10and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'