Matthew 5:15

Modern English Version

Neither do men light a candle and put it under a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the house.

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall make its seven lamps, and they shall light its lamps so that they may give light to the area in front of it.

Zechariah 4:2

And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a completely golden lampstand and a bowl at its top, with seven lights on it, and seven pipes on it for each lamp in order to light them.

Numbers 8:2

Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps will give light before the lampstand.

Mark 4:21

He said to them, “Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?

Luke 11:33

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.

Luke 11:36

If your whole body, then, is full of light, no part being dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”

Luke 8:16

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world.

Hebrews 9:2

A tabernacle was made. In the first outer part of the tabernacle, called the Holy Place, were the lampstand, the table, and the showbread.

Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from where you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent.