Luke 12:3
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
- KJV
- Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- WEB
- Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
- ASV
- Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- DARBY
- therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- BLB
- Instead, whatever you⁺ said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you⁺ spoke to the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- ÅB
- derfor skal alt det som dere sier i mørket, bli hørt i lyset, og det som dere hvisker i øret inne i kammerne, det skal bli forkynt på takene.
- OTB
- Derfor, det dere har sagt i mørket, skal bli hørt i lyset, og det dere har hvisket i de innerste rom, skal bli proklamert på takene.
- B1930
- derfor skal alt det som I sier i mørket, bli hørt i lyset, og det som I hvisker i øret inne i kammerne, det skal bli forkynt på takene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:20
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Read in contextMatthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:12–13
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Read in contextJob 24:14–15
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Read in contextJude 1:14–15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
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