Mark 4:21 - Revised Version 1885

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?

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

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.

Luke 11:33

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.

Luke 8:16

And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

1 Corinthians 12:7

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.