Mark 4:21
And 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?In other versions
And 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?
ASV
And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?
BBE
And 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?
DBY
He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand?
WEB
And 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?
YLT
And 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?
ENG
And 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?
WBT
Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
BSB
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.