Verse 16
Luke 8:16
GOD'S WORD Translation
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.
Original Language Text
greek
Οὐδεὶς δὲ λύχνον ἅψας καλύπτει αὐτὸν σκεύει ἢ ὑποκάτω κλίνης τίθησιν, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ λυχνίας ⸀τίθησιν, ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι βλέπωσιν τὸ φῶς.
English Translation
No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
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Chapter 8 Context
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Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of...
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and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene...
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and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from thei...
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When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a p...
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“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled un...
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Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture....
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Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
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Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he sai...
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Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
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He said,
“To you it is given to know the mysteries of God (Elohim)’s Kingdom, but to the rest in par...
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Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God (Elohim).
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Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their h...
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Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root,...
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That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they...
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Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word,...
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“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on...
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For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and c...
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Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have,...
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His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
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Some people told him, “Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.”
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But he answered them,
“My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God (Elohim), and do...
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22
Now on one of those days, he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them,
“L...
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But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dang...
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They came to him, and awoke him, saying, “Master, master, we are dying!” He awoke, and rebuked the w...
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He said to them,
“Where is your faith?” Being afraid they marveled, saying to one another, “Who is t...
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They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
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When Yashua (Jesus) stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met...
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When he saw Yashua (Jesus), he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “Wha...
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For Yashua (Jesus) was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit...
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Yashua (Jesus) asked him,
“What is your name?”
He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into h...
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They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
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Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would a...
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The demons came out of the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank i...
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When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country...
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People went out to see what had happened. They came to Yashua (Jesus), and found the man from whom t...
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Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.
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All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they w...
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But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Yashua (Jesu...
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“Return to your house, and declare what great things God (Elohim) has done for you.” He went his wa...
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When Yashua (Jesus) returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
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Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Yashua (...
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for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multi...
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A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and co...
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came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped....
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Yashua (Jesus) said,
“Who touched me?”
When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, t...
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But Yashua (Jesus) said,
“Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me.”
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When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared...
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He said to her,
“Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
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While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, “Your daughte...
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But Yashua (Jesus) hearing it, answered him,
“Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed....
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When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father...
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All were weeping and mourning her, but he said,
“Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
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They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
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54
But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying,
“Child, arise!”
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Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat...
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Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
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