KJV King James Version
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
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Luke 11:33
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
WEB World English Bible
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
ASV American Standard Version
No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Luke 11
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐδεὶςG3762 · oudeisnoneλύχνονG3088 · luchnoslampἅψαςG681 · haptōto touchεἰςG1519 · eistowardκρύπτηνG2926 · kruptēcellarτίθησινG5087 · tithēmito placeοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorὑπὸG5259 · hupoby/under: byτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoμόδιονG3426 · modiosbucketἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoλυχνίανG3087 · luchnialampstandἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἰσπορευόμενοιG1531 · eisporeuōto enterτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoβλέπωσιν.¶G991 · blepōto see
Cross-references
Luke 8:16-17No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth [it] under a bed; but setteth [it] on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.Mark 4:21-22And 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?Matthew 5:15-16Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.Philippians 2:15-16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;John 11:9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.
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