Matthew 10:27
25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
26 So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- KJV
- What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
- WEB
- What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
- ASV
- What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
- DARBY
- What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.
- BLB
- What I say to you⁺ in the darkness, say in the light; and what you⁺ hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
- ÅB
- det jeg sier dere i mørket skal dere si i lyset, og det som hviskes dere i øret skal dere forkynne på takene.
- OTB
- Det jeg sier dere i mørket, tal i lyset; det som hviskes i øret deres, forkynn fra hustakene.
- B1930
- det jeg sier eder i mørket, det skal I si i lyset, og det som hviskes eder i øret, det skal I forkynne på takene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 5:20
“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
Read in contextJohn 16:13
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
Read in contextJohn 16:1
“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
Read in contextProverbs 1:20–23
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Read in contextLuke 8:10
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
Read in contextMatthew 13:1–17
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Read in contextMatthew 13:34–35
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Read in contextProverbs 8:1–5
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
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