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¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. ²He was with God in the beginning. ³All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him. ⁴Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ⁶There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.

²⁹For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten my darkness.

⁶Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

²¹And he said to them: “Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand? ²²For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Neither was anything done in secret, except that it may be made public. ²³If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁵And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house.

²¹And then, if anyone will have said to you: ‘Behold, here is the Christ. Behold, in that place.’ Do not believe it. ²²For false Christs and false prophets will rise up, and they will present signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if it were possible, even the elect. ²³Therefore, you must take heed. Behold, I have foretold all to you.

³At that time, his lamp shined over my head, and by his light, I walked through the darkness.

²¹And he said to them: “Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand?

¹And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ²And I saw seven Angels standing in the sight of God. And seven trumpets were given to them. ³And another Angel approached, and he stood before the altar, holding a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he might offer upon the golden altar, which is before the throne of God, the prayers of all the saints. ⁴And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended, in the presence of God, from the hand of the Angel. ⁵And the Angel received the golden censer, and he filled it from the fire of the altar, and he cast it down upon the earth, and there were thunders and voices and lightnings and a great earthquake. ⁶And the seven Angels who hold the seven trumpets prepared themselves, in order to sound the trumpet.

²⁷The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.

¹⁴And no wonder, for even Satan presents himself as if he were an Angel of light.

³³No one lights a candle and places it in hiding, nor under a bushel basket, but upon a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

¹⁶So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.

²⁰For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.

¹²Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.