““No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.”
— WEB
Luke 8:16
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“No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.”
— KJV
“And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.”
— ASV
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Commentary
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. (Luk 8:4-18) No man, &c.--(see on Mat 5:15, of which this is nearly a repetition).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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