Matthew 5:16

So also let your light shine before the people, so that they may see your good works and may glorify your Father, who is in the heavens.

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In The King James Version

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

In Context

15Nor do they light a lamp and place it under the hamper, but on the lampstand, and it shines on everything in the house.

17“Do not suppose that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to do your charitable giving before the people so as to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 6:16“Also, whenever you fast do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, because they disfigure their faces so that people will notice that they are fasting. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward.

Matthew 23:5“Rather, they do all their works in order to be seen by people. They make their phylacteries broad and the tassels on their garments large;

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 →

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