![]() “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. What I tell you in the darkness, tell in the light and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops. “What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly) and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops. “Whatever I tell you in the darkness, say it in the light, and whatever you hear with your ears, preach on the rooftops.” What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops. Whatever I say to you in the dark, you must tell in the light. And you must announce from the housetops whatever I have whispered to you. 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. What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops. What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered in your ear you must shout from the housetops. That which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the housetops. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 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. 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. The parallel passage, Luke 12:3, is verbally similar, but of reverse meaning. In Matthew it is a charge to the disciples to proclaim publicly what Christ tells them privately in Luke it is a statement that what they say privately shall be proclaimed publicly. Luke gives only another side of the preceding verse St. 26 is - Do not cover up your relation to me, but say out bravely the message that I give you. Those who believe in the present life of Christ and in the reality of present communications from him cannot fail to see here both the true source of their messages as preachers and the necessity of faithfulness to those messages. ![]() Observe that the stress is not upon the personality of the Speaker, but upon the communication ( λέγω, not ἐγὼ λέγω). And what ye hear in the ear ( εἰς τὸ οϋς).
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