Mark 4:21-25 - The Parable Of The Lamp
21 And he said to them: Is a lamp brought in that it may be put under the measure, or under the divan? Is it not brought that it may be put on the lamp-stand? 22 For there is nothing hid that shall not be made known; nor has any thing been concealed, but that it may come into open view. 23 If any one has ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said to them: Take heed how you hear; with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you that hear, more shall be given; 25 for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him.
16 No one when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a divan, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the light. 17 For there is nothing concealed, that shall not be made manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known and brought into view. 18 Take heed, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he seems to have shall be taken from him.
21 and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform. 22 For this reason, it was counted to him for righteousness. 23 But that it was counted to him, was not written for his sake alone, 24 but for our sakes also, to whom it shall be counted, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.