Matthew 10:27
“What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.”
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Matthew 10:27 Context
25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the seruant as his Lord: If they haue called the Master of the house of Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 26Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be reueiled; and hidde, that shall not be knowen. 27What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops. 28And feare not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soule: but rather feare him which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell. 29Are not two Sparrowes solde for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
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Other Translations for Matthew 10:27
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
"What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear {whispered} in {your} ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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 (1901)
What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
- Basic English Bible
What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.
- Darby Bible
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that publish ye upon the house-tops.
- Webster's Bible
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
- Weymouth Bible
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
- World English Bible
That thing that Y seie to you in derknessis, seie ye in the liyt; and preche ye on housis, that thing that ye heeren in the ere.
- Wycliffe Bible
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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 10:27
10:27 Even what I now tell you secretly is not to be kept secret long, but declared publicly. Therefore, What ye hear in the ear, publish on the house - top - Two customs of the Jews seem to be alluded to here. Their doctors used to whisper in the ear of their disciples what they were to pronounce aloud to others. And as their houses were low and flat roofed, they sometimes preached to the people from thence. #Luke 12:3|.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 10:27
Mt 10:27 What I tell you in darkness. In privacy. The Lord had to teach them in private before he could send them forth. Upon the house tops. The flat roofs of eastern houses made a conspicuous pulpit. The Lord directs them to speak in the most public manner. In Syria proclamations are still often made from the house tops.