Luke 11:33 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or crypt or under a bushel measure, but on a lampstand, that those who are coming in may see the light.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³³ “People don’t light a lamp and then put it in a closet or under a basket. Rather, they place the lamp on a lampstand so that those who enter the house can see the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ No one lights a candle and places it in hiding, nor under a bushel basket, but upon a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³³ No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a hidden place, nore under a bushel; but upon a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light.

Luke 11:33 Cross References

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light: and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

John 11:9

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

John 12:46

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.