Luke 8:16 Cross References - ISV

¹⁶ A Light under a Bowl
“No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light.

¹⁵ People don’t light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven.”

²¹ A Light under a Basket
Then Jesus told them, “A lamp isn’t brought indoors to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? It’s to be put on a lamp stand, isn’t it? ²² Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.

³³ The Lamp of the Body
“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding place or under a basket, but on a lamp stand, so that those who enter may see its light.

¹⁸ You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

¹⁵ so that you may be blameless and innocent, God’s children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world ¹⁶ as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.

²⁰ The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches.”

⁴ These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth.