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21 And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
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He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?
22 "For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.
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For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
23 "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
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If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”
24 And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.
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“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.
25 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."
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Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”
26 And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;
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He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows -how, he himself does not know.
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Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
28 "The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.
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All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
29 "But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
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As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
30 And He said, "How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?
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Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
31 "It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,
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It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.
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