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?


In Context

18 And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word,

19 And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made fruitless.

20 And these are they who are sown upon the good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.

21 And 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?

22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest: neither was it made secret, but that it may 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 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:21And 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?