Mark 4:21-25 - The Parable Of The Lamp

²¹ "Do people get out the lamp," he said to them, "and then put it under the peck-measure, or under the bed, instead of putting it up where it belongs? ²² For no one hides anything except for the purpose of sometime bringing it to light again, and people keep things secret only to reveal them some day. ²³ If anyone has ears let him be sure to listen. ²⁴ "Take care what you hear," he said to them. "The measure you give will be given to you, and even more besides. ²⁵ For people who have will have more given them, and from people who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

¹⁶ "Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a dish or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. ¹⁷ For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor kept secret that shall not be known and come to light. ¹⁸ So take care how you listen. For people who have will have more given to them, and from people who have nothing, even what they think they have will be taken away."

²¹ in the full assurance that God was able to do what he had promised. ²² That was why it was credited to him as uprightness. ²³ It was not on his account alone that these words, "it was credited to him," were written, ²⁴ but also on ours, for it is to be credited also to us who have faith in him who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, ²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.