to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

A Lamp Under a Jar

“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

The Light in You

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.

Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.”

while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.