Mark 4:21

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel-sized container, or under the bed, instead of on its stand?

Cross References

Matthew 5:15

Neither does a person light an [olive oil] lamp and place it under a bushel-sized container, but on a stand where it can illuminate everything in the house.

Luke 11:33

“No one lights an [olive oil] lamp and [then] places it in a hidden place or under a bushel-sized container, but on its stand, so that those who enter [the room] can see [by] the light.

Luke 8:16

“And no one lights an [olive oil] lamp and then covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed. But he places it on a stand so that those entering [the house] will see [by] the light.

1 Corinthians 12:7

But the evidence of the Holy Spirit’s [power] is given to each person for the good of everyone.