Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
Ezekiel 5:5Thus says the Lord God: “This is Jerusalem. I have placed her in the midst of the Gentiles and of the lands all around her.
John 8:12Then 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.”
Romans 2:19you become confident within yourself that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Ephesians 5:8For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5For all of you are sons of light and sons of daytime; we are not of nighttime, nor of darkness.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:14-17
The Sermon on the Mount. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify… Read the whole commentary →