Matthew 10:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.”
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“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”
King James Version · Public Domain“What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 10:27 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
- Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
- Matthew 13:1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
- Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- Luke 8:10He 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.’
- John 16:1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
- John 16:13However, 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.
- John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- John 16:29His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
- Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
- Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
- Acts 17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
- 2 Corinthians 3:12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
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