Matthew 5:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and no one would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot. A lamp is placed on a lampstand, where it can give light to everyone in the house.

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

The lamp on the top and those at the end of each of its six branches must be made so as to shine towards the front of the lampstand.

Zechariah 4:2

Then he asked, “What do you see?” “A solid gold lampstand with an oil container above it,” I answered. “On the stand are seven lamps, each with seven flames.

Numbers 8:2

“Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps on the lampstand so they shine towards the front.”

Mark 4:21

Jesus also said: You don't light a lamp and put it under a clay pot or under a bed. Don't you put a lamp on a lampstand?

Luke 11:33

No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a clay pot. A lamp is put on a lampstand, so that everyone who comes into the house can see the light.

Luke 11:36

If you have light, and nothing is dark, then light will be everywhere, as when a lamp shines brightly on you.

Luke 8:16

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl or under a bed. A lamp is always put on a lampstand, so that people who come into a house will see the light.

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything that they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world,

Hebrews 9:2

The first part of the tent was called the holy place, and a lampstand, a table, and the sacred loaves of bread were kept there.

Revelation 2:5

Think about where you have fallen from, and then turn back and do as you did at first. If you don't turn back, I will come and take away your lampstand.