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Mark 4:21
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A Lamp on a Stand
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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?
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Mark 4:21 in Other Translations
KJV
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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?
ESV
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And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?
NLT
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Then Jesus asked them, “Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed? Of course not! A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light will shine.
MSG
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Jesus went on: "Does anyone bring a lamp home and put it under a washtub or beneath the bed? Don't you put it up on a table or on the mantel?
CSB
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He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it to be put on a lampstand?
Mark 4:21 In-Context
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but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
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Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
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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?
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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.
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If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”
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Matthew 5:15
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