Matthew 5:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

People don’t hide a lamp under a bowl. They put it on a lampstand. Then the light shines for everyone in the house.

Cross References

Mark 4:21

Then Jesus said to them, “You don’t take a lamp and hide it under a bowl or a bed, do you? Of course not. You put it on a lampstand.

Luke 11:33

“No one takes a light and puts it under a bowl or hides it. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that the people who come in can see.

Luke 8:16

“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. Instead, they put the lamp on a lampstand so that the people who come in will have enough light to see.

Numbers 8:2

“Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps in the place I showed you. These lamps will light the area in front of the lampstand.”

Exodus 25:37

Then make seven lamps to go on the lampstand. These lamps will give light to the area in front of the lampstand.

Zechariah 4:2

Then the angel asked me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a solid gold lampstand. There are seven lamps on the lampstand, and there is a bowl on top of it. There are seven tubes coming from the bowl. One tube goes to each lamp. The tubes bring the oil in the bowl to each of the lamps.

Luke 11:36

If you are full of light, and there is no part of you that is dark, then you will be all bright, as though you have the light of a lamp shining on you.”

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be blameless and pure, children of God without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people you shine like lights in a dark world,

Hebrews 9:2

This place was inside a tent. The first area in the tent was called the Holy Place. In the Holy Place were the lamp and the table with the special bread offered to God.

Revelation 2:5

So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do what you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.