Matthew 10:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

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  • Acts 5:20 : 20 `Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;'
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'
  • John 16:1 : 1 `These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,
  • John 16:13 : 13 and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;
  • John 16:29 : 29 His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;
  • John 16:25 : 25 `These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.
  • Acts 17:17 : 17 therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
  • Prov 1:20-23 : 20 Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice, 21 At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith: 22 `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
  • Prov 8:1-5 : 1 Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice? 2 At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood, 3 At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud, 4 `Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice `is' unto the sons of men. 5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
  • Matt 13:1-9 : 1 And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, 2 and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand, 3 and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow, 4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them, 5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth, 6 and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered, 7 and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them, 8 and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.' 10 And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?' 11 And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given, 12 for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him. 13 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand, 14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, 15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them. 16 `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, 17 for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

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    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.

    4`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

    5but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.

  • Matt 10:26
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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;

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    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 10:28
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    28`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

  • Mark 4:21-23
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    21And 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?

    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.'

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    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.

  • Matt 10:17-20
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    17And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

    18and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

    19`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

    20for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

  • Mark 13:15
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    15and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

  • Luke 11:33
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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.

  • Mark 13:9-11
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    9`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

    10and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

    11`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 10:7
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    7`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    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.'

  • Matt 24:17
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    17he on the house-top -- let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;

  • Matt 13:43
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    43`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

  • Luke 17:31
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    31in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

  • Matt 13:9
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    9He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Eph 5:12-13
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    12for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

    13and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

  • Matt 13:34-35
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    34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

    35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

  • Luke 12:11-12
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    11`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

    12for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth `you' to say.'

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    14`And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

  • Acts 10:37
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    37ye -- ye have known; -- the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

  • Luke 10:10
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    10`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

  • Jer 5:20
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    20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,

  • Job 24:16
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    16He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

  • Mark 6:10
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    10And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,

  • Matt 11:15
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    15he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

  • Matt 28:10
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    10Then saith Jesus to them, `Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

  • Matt 6:4
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    4that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

  • Mark 13:37
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    37and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

  • Luke 10:15
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    15`And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

  • Mark 8:30
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    30And he strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it,

  • 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;