Mark 4:21-25 - The Parable Of The Lamp
21 Again he said, is a lamp ever brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? or to be set on a stand? 22 for there is nothing conceal'd but what shall be made manifest: nor was any thing kept secret, but in order to be divulged. 23 if any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And consider, said he, how you hear; for in proportion as you weigh what is communicated to you, new light shall be given: 25 for he that makes use of what he has shall have more, but he that does not, shall be stript of what he has.
16 Now, no one lights a lamp to hide it under a vessel, or under a bed: but sets it on a stand, to give light to all the company. 17 whatever is now obscure, shall hereafter be made clear; whatever is now conceal'd, shall then be publickly known. 18 improve therefore what you hear: for he that improves what he has, shall have more; but he that does not, shall lose even that, which he thinks he possesses.
21 by the full persuasion he had, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22 and therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness. 23 now this saying, "that it was accounted to him," was not written for his sake alone, 24 but for us also, to whom it shall be accounted, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.