Luke 12:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard and listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people's] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Common English Bible

³ Therefore, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and whatever you have whispered in the rooms deep inside the house will be announced from the rooftops.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For the things that you have spoken in darkness will be declared in the light. And what you have said in the ear in bedrooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.

Luke 12:3 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:20

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts, or curse the rich, even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

Matthew 10:27

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter,

Matthew 24:17

the one on the housetop must not go down to take things from the house;