PARABLE 16 OF 22
The Lamp Under a Basket
Mattityahu 5:14–16
PARABLE · TO ALL WHO LISTENED
A lamp is lit to be set on a stand, not hidden under a basket — so let your light shine before men.
THE PARABLE
14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.15Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.16Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
WHAT YESHUA IS SAYING
Yeshua does not say 'make your light' — He says let it shine. The light is His; you carry it. Hiding it serves no one. Let people see good works and glorify the Father in heaven — not you.
ECHOES IN THE TANAKH