Matthew 5:15 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹⁵ No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Neither 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on top of a lampstand, and it shines on all who are in the house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.

Matthew 5:15 Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Zechariah 4:2

He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.

Numbers 8:2

Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.

Mark 4:21

He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand?

Luke 11:33

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.

Luke 11:36

If then your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”

Luke 8:16

“No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.

Hebrews 9:2

For a tent was constructed, the first one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence; this is called the Holy Place.

Revelation 2:5

Remember then from what you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.