Luke 12:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples in Luke 12, positioned between a statement that nothing hidden will remain concealed and a command not to fear those who kill the body. The words — εἴπατε (eipate) = you have said, and σκοτὶ (skoti) = darkness, frame the contrast between concealed speech and inevitable exposure. The thread — The motif of hidden speech becoming public runs through Matthew 10:27, Matthew 12:36, and Ecclesiastes 10:20. Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge that private words face public exposure and to live with that accountability in mind.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Job 24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Jude 1:14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones