Matthew 5:15-16
15 aNor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so bthat ▼▼Or house. 16Let your light so shine before others that
they may see your good works and dgive glory to your Father who is in heaven. Mark 4:21-22
A Lamp Under a Basket
21 eAnd he said to them, f“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 gFor nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.Luke 11:33
The Light in You
33 h“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.Acts 26:18
18 ito open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from jthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive kforgiveness of sins and la place among those who are sanctified mby faith in me.’Philippians 2:15-16
15that you may be blameless and innocent, nchildren of God owithout blemish pin the midst of qa crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine ras lights in the world, 16holding fast to sthe word of life, so that in tthe day of Christ uI may be proud that vI did not run in vain or labor in vain.Revelation of John 1:20
20As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and wthe seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and xthe seven lampstands are the seven churches.Revelation of John 2:1
To the Church in Ephesus
1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of yhim who holds the seven stars in his right hand, zwho walks among the seven golden lampstands.
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