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

²¹ Then Jesus told them, "A lamp isn't brought indoors to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? It's to be put on a lamp stand, isn't it? ²² Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light. ²³ If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen! ²⁴ He went on to say to them, "Pay attention to what you're hearing! You will be evaluated by the same standard with which you do your evaluating, and still more will be given to you, ²⁵ because whoever has something, will have more given to him. But whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

¹⁶ "No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light. ¹⁷ There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed, and there is nothing secret that won't become known and come to light. ¹⁸ So pay attention to how you listen, because to the one who has something, more will be given. However, from the one who doesn't have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

²¹ being absolutely convinced that God would do what he had promised. ²² This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." ²³ Now the words "it was credited to him" were written not only for him ²⁴ but also for us. Our faith will be regarded in the same way, if we believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵ He was sentenced to death because of our sins and raised to life to justify us.