Stilling Waves Bible Matthew 5

Matthew 5:15 KJV

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.King James Version
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The same verse in modern English

Neither 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.Matthew 5:15, World English Bible (WEB)

Matthew 5:15 in the WEB, with its own quiet pause

Older words in this verse

unto
to
-eth (giveth)
the old way of writing -s: maketh means makes, leadeth means leads

From Matthew 5

Read slowly through the blessings Jesus speaks over the grieving, the gentle, those hungry for righteousness, and the peacemakers. Which one lands on you today? Receive it as a gift.

Read Matthew 5 slowly

The reading prompts in this Bible use the wording of the World English Bible.

For your own quiet time, Stilling Waves makes a journal for this chapter: When You Believed but the Bible Still Reads Like a Foreign Language.

More from Matthew 5 in the KJV: Matthew 5:3 Matthew 5:4 Matthew 5:5 Matthew 5:6 Matthew 5:7 Matthew 5:8 Matthew 5:9 Matthew 5:10 Matthew 5:11 Matthew 5:12 all KJV verses

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text), from eBible.org and the CrossWire Bible Society; public domain outside the United Kingdom, and in the United Kingdom under Crown patent, administered by Cambridge University Press. About the KJV here.