Parable 31:
Lamp and Bushel
Revised Standard Version
Last Revised: 6/15/00
Luke 8:16-18
Block Diagram:
      8.101       And
(A)          he said,

      8.16                       having lighted a lamp
 (1)                  no one covers it
                                 with a dish
                           or
 (2)                  -- --- puts it
                                under a bed,
                           but
 (3)                  he puts it
                            on a lampstand
                            so that those coming in may see the light.

     8.17                  For
 (4)                  nothing is hidden
                         which will not become manifest,
                           neither
 (5)                  nothing is concealed
                         which will not be known
                                    and
                               will come into light.

     8.18                  Therefore
 (6)                  be careful how you hear;
 
                           for
                                           he who has
 (7)                  it will be given to him,
                           and
                                 he who has not
 (8)                  even what he seems to have will be taken 
                                                    from him.
 
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1This verse serves as the narrative introduction to the lengthy direct discourse section (8:10b-18) of which this passage [vv. 16-18] serves as the final section.
 

Semantic Diagram:

                              ------------------------- (A)
                              |
                              |                   -----  (1)
                              |              -----|
                              |              |    -----  (2)
                              |         -----|
                              |         |    ----------  (3)
                              |    -----|
                              |    |    |    ----------  (4)
                              |    |    -----|
                              |    |         ----------  (5)
                              -----|
                                   |    ---------------  (6)
                                   |    |
                                   -----|    ----------  (7)
                                        -----|
                                             ----------  (8)
 

Exegetical Outline:

I. (A)___________________________________________________________________

II. (1-8)_________________________________________________________________

A. (1-5)____________________________________________________________
1. (1-3)_______________________________________________________
a) (1-2)__________________________________________________
(1) (1)______________________________________________

(2) (2)______________________________________________

b) (3)____________________________________________________
2. (4-5)_______________________________________________________
a) (4)____________________________________________________

b) (5)____________________________________________________

B. (6-8)____________________________________________________________
1. (6)_________________________________________________________

2. (7-8)_______________________________________________________

a) (7)____________________________________________________

b) (8)____________________________________________________

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