22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.
22 We're not keeping secrets, we're telling them; we're not hiding things, we're bringing them out into the open.
22 For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.
22 For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 4:22
Commentary on Mark 4:21-34
(Read Mark 4:21-34)
These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in a soul, and it will show itself in a good conversation. It grows gradually: first the blade; then the ear; after that the full corn in the ear. When it is sprung up, it will go forward. The work of grace in the soul is, at first, but the day of small things; yet it has mighty products even now, while it is in its growth; but what will there be when it is perfected in heaven!