Matthew 10:27

In 9 translations

BSB

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

KJV

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

WEB

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

ASV

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

LSV

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

YLT

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.

DBY

What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

DRC

That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

GNV

What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the houses.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί· καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.

RP2018

Ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί· καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.

TR-Boyd

Ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί· καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.

SCR1894

ο λεγω υμιν εν τη σκοτια ειπατε εν τω φωτι και ο εις το ους ακουετε κηρυξατε επι των δωματων

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• Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
• 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 16:1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
• Proverbs 1:20–23Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will…
• Matthew 13:34–35Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter…
• John 16:29His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
• 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.’
• Matthew 13:1–17That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore. And He told them many things in…
• Proverbs 8:1–5Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: “To you, O men, I…
• 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.
• 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.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
• 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.

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