Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Berean Standard Bible
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 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Ezekiel 5:5This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the 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 →