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And he said to them, Where a lantern cometh, that it be put under a bushel, or under a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candlestick? [+And he said to them, Whether a lantern come, that it be put under a bushel, or under a bed? whether not, that it be put upon a candlestick?]
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[Forsooth] There is nothing hid, that shall not be made open [that shall not be showed]; neither any thing is privy, that shall not come into open [which shall not come into apert].
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If any man have ears of hearing, hear he.
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And he said to them, See ye what ye hear. In what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you again [it shall be meted to you], and it shall be cast to you.
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For it shall be given to him that hath, and it shall be taken away from him that hath not, also that that he hath. [Forsooth it shall be given to him that hath, and if man hath not, yea this that he hath shall be taken away from him.]
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And he said, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man cast seed into the earth,
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and he sleep, and it rise up night and day [and it sleep, and rise up in night and day], and bring forth seed, and wax fast, while he knoweth not.
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For the earth [by his own working/by his own will] maketh fruit, first the grass, afterward the ear, and after full fruit in the ear [afterward full fruit in the ear].
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And when of itself it hath brought forth fruit, at once [anon] he sendeth a sickle, for reaping time is come.
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And he said, To what thing shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we comparison it?
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As a corn of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all seeds that be in the earth;