Mark 4:21 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²¹ And He said to them, "A lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a measuring basket or under a bed, [is it?] [Is it] not[ brought] so that it may be put on a lampstand?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a peck measure or under a bed, and not [to be put] on the lampstand?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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?

Common English Bible

²¹ Jesus said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp in order to put it under a basket or a bed? Shouldn’t it be placed on a lampstand?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ 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?

Mark 4:21 Cross References

Matthew 5:15

Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines on everything in the house.

Luke 11:33

"No one, having lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

Luke 8:16

"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts [it] under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

1 Corinthians 12:7

But to each [one] the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the profit [of all.]