Mark 4:21-25 - The Parable Of The Lamp
21 He went on to say. "Is the lamp brought in to be put under the bushel or the bed? Is it not rather to be put on the lamp-stand? 22 There is nothing hidden except what is to be disclosed, and nothing concealed except what is to be revealed. 23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear." 24 And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you. 25 For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."
16 "When he lights a lamp no one covers it with a vase or hides it under a bed; he puts it on a lamp-stand so whoever may behold the light. 17 "For is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed; there is nothing secret which shall not be made known and come to the light. 18 "Take heed, then, how you listen. for he who has, to him shall it be given, but from him who has not, shall be taken away even what he has."
21 and was fully persuaded that what God had promised, he was able also to perform. 22 And so his faith was reckoned to him for righteousness. 23 Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well. 24 For it will be "reckoned for righteousness." to us also, who believe on him that raised from the dead our Lord Jesus; 25 who was betrayed to death for our transgressions, and raised again to life for our justification.