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Mark 4:21-22 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verses 21–22
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? 22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.Mark 4:21-22 · King James Version
Mark 4:21-22 in context
19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
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?
22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
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Key words (Strong's)
- manifestedphaneroōto make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest…G5319 →
- broughterchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- nothingouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- candlelychnosa lamp, candle, that is placed on a stand or candlestickG3088 →
- bushelmodiosa dry measure holding 16 sextarii , about a peckG3426 →
- secretapokryphoshidden, secret, stored upG614 →
- abroadeisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- saidlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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The lessons which our Saviour designs to teach us here by parables and figurative expressions are these: - I. That those who are good ought to consider the obligations they are under to do good; that is, as in the parable before, to bring forth fruit.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-34