Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said to them: “Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand? "
— Mark 4:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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?”
“And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand? ”
“He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?”
“The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?”
“And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?”
“And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?”
“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?”
And there are others who are sown among thorns. These are those who hear the word,
but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.
And there are those who are sown upon good soil, who hear the word and accept it; and these bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”
And he said to them: “Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand?
For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Neither was anything done in secret, except that it may be made public.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
And he said to them: “Consider what you hear. With whatever measure you have measured out, it shall be measured back to you, and more shall be added to you.