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  • Matthew 5:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 15 People light a lamp and set it, not under a basket,* but on the lampstand, and it shines on all those in the house.+

  • Matthew 5:15
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 15 οὐδὲ neither καίουσιν they light λύχνον lamp καὶ and τιθέασιν they set αὐτὸν it ὑπὸ under τὸν the μόδιον measuring basket ἀλλ’ but ἐπὶ upon τὴν the λυχνίαν, lampstand, καὶ and λάμπει it shines πᾶσιν to all τοῖς the (ones) ἐν in τῇ the οἰκίᾳ. house.

  • Matthew 5:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 15 People light a lamp and set it, not under the measuring basket,+ but upon the lampstand, and it shines upon all those in the house.

  • Matthew 5:15
    The Bible in Living English
    • 15 nor do they light a lamp and put it under the peck measure, but on the stand—and it shines for everybody in the house.

  • Matthew 5:15
    American Standard Version
    • 15 Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

  • Matthew 5:15
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 15 Neither light they a lamp and place it under the measure; but upon the lampstand, and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

  • Matthew 5:15
    King James Version
    • 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 5:15 it-1 262; it-2 195-196; w08 5/15 5; w97 6/1 14; w86 10/1 9

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:15 w80 6/1 8-9; w78 3/15 11; ad 195; w65 271

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:15

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 262

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 195-196

      The Watchtower,

      5/15/2008, p. 5

      6/1/1997, p. 14

      10/1/1986, p. 9

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:15

      a lamp: In Bible times, a common household lamp was a small earthenware vessel filled with olive oil.

      a basket: Used for measuring dry commodities, such as grain. The type of “basket” (Greek, moʹdi·os) mentioned here had a capacity of about 9 L (or 8 dry qt).

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