Matthew 5:15

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall also make seven lamps, and you shall place them upon the lampstand, so that they may give light in every direction.

Zechariah 4:2

And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I looked, and behold, a candlestick entirely in gold, and its lamp was at its top, and seven oil lamps of it were upon it, and there were seven funnels for the oil lamps that were at its top.

Numbers 8:2

"Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him: When you place the seven lamps, let the lampstand be set up on the south side. Therefore, give this instruction: that the lamps should look out from the region opposite the north, toward the table of the bread of the presence; they shall give light opposite that area, toward the area that the lampstand faces."

Mark 4:21

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?

Luke 11:33

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.

Luke 11:36

So then, if your entire body becomes filled with light, not having any part in darkness, then it will be entirely light, and, like a shining lamp, it will illuminate you."

Luke 8:16

Now no one, lighting a candle, covers it with a container, or sets it under a bed. Instead, he places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Philippians 2:15

So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,

Hebrews 9:2

For a tabernacle was made at first, in which were the lampstand, and the table, and the bread of the Presence, which is called Holy.

Revelation 2:5

And so, call to mind the place from which you have fallen, and do penance, and do the first works. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.