²¹ And He was saying to them, “^(A)Is a lamp brought to be put under a ^[a]basket or under a bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand?

A Lampstand and the Light

¹⁶ “Now ^(A)no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a container or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

³³ “^(A)No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

¹⁵ so that you will be ^(A)blameless and innocent, ^(B)children of God without blemish in the midst of a ^(C)crooked and perverse generation, among whom you ^(D)shine as ^[a]lights in the world,