Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Truth is not a secret to be hidden but a gift to be used

^16-17 “Nobody lights a lamp and covers it with a basin or puts it under the bed. No, a man puts his lamp on a lamp-stand so that those who come in can see the light. For there is nothing hidden now which will not become perfectly plain and there are no secrets now which will not become as clear as daylight.”

¹⁸ “So take care how you listen—more will be given to the man who has something already, but the man who has nothing will lose even what he thinks he has.”

^19-20 Then his mother and his brothers arrived to see him, but could not get near him because of the crowd. So a message was passed to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to see you.”

²¹ To which he replied, “My mother and my brothers? That means those who listen to God’s message and obey it.”