15Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.


In Context

12 Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

13 Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

14 Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

16 Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

17 Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

Matthew 5:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a close vessel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light to all that are in the house.