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Luke 8:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “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. "
Luke 8:16
Verse in Context
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14 What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity.
15 Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
16 “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.
17 For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
18 Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”
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Luke 8:1
"Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,"
Luke 8:2
"and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;"
Luke 8:3
"and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions."
Luke 8:4
"When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:"
Luke 8:5
"“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it."
Luke 8:6
"Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture."
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