21And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?


In Context

18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty times, some sixty, and some an hundred.

21 And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:21He said to them, "Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don't you put it on its stand?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said to them, Does the lamp come that it should be put under the bushel or under the couch? Is it not that it should be set upon the lamp-stand?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a close vessel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21He said to them, |Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21And he said to them, 'Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch — not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?