Matthew 5:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall make seven lamps for it, and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Zechariah 4:2

He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.

Numbers 8:2

“Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

Mark 4:21

He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket or under the bed and not on the lampstand?

Luke 11:33

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel basket; rather, one puts it on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.

Luke 11:36

But if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”

Luke 8:16

“No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar or puts it under a bed; rather, one puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,

Hebrews 9:2

For a tent was constructed, the first one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence; this is called the holy place.

Revelation 2:5

Remember, then, from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.