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Mark 4:21

A Lamp on a Stand

21 He 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?d

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Mark 4:21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

21 And he said to them, Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?

Mark 4:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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?

Mark 4:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 Then Jesus asked them, Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed? Of course not! A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light will shine.

Mark 4:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 Also He said to them, Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?

Mark 4:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 Then Jesus said to them, “Do you hide a lamp under a bowl or under a bed? No! You put the lamp on a lampstand.

Mark 4:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 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?

Mark 4:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 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?

Mark 4:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 Jesus said to them, “Does anyone bring a lamp into a room to put it under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a lamp stand?

Mark 4:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 He also said to them, Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand?

Mark 4:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 He said to them, Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand?

Mark 4:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 And he said to them, “Surely a lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a bushel basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not so that it may be put on a lampstand?

Mark 4:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 Jesus said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a large bowl or a bed? Don’t you put it on its stand?

Mark 4:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 And He was saying to them, A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?


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