Translations
Modern
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Traditional
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Literal
Instead, whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Latin
Quoniam quæ in tenebris dixistis, in lumine dicentur: et quod in aurem locuti estis in cubiculis, prædicabitur in tectis.
Original
Greek
English
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Notes
These verses warn against hypocrisy (pretending to be good or righteous). All thoughts will be revealed by God, who knows all things and will judge every human being (Job 10:4–7; 11:11; Psalms 11:4; 33:15; 139:12; Proverbs 15:3).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Woes and Parables with Phariseesc. AD 29
Parallels
Glossary
Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Homes and Dwellings Luke, Gospel of
Topics
House: Architecture of Roofs, Flat Houses: The Flat Roofs of Used for Making Proclamations Jesus, the Christ: Discourses to his Disciples (In Galilee) Judgment: The General Privacy Sin: Secret Sins