Luke 8:16-18

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Truth is not a secret to be hidden but a gift to be used

^16-17 “Nobody lights a lamp and covers it with a basin or puts it under the bed. No, a man puts his lamp on a lamp-stand so that those who come in can see the light. For there is nothing hidden now which will not become perfectly plain and there are no secrets now which will not become as clear as daylight.”

¹⁸ “So take care how you listen—more will be given to the man who has something already, but the man who has nothing will lose even what he thinks he has.”