8 ¹⁶ 'Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a basin or puts it under the bed. On the contrary, he puts it on a lamp-stand so that those who come in may see the light. 8 ¹⁷ For there is nothing hidden that will not become public, nothing under cover that will not be made known and brought into the open.
8 ¹⁸ 'Take care, then, how you listen; for the man who has will be given more, and the man who has not will forfeit even what he thinks he has.'