Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill can't be hidden.
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In The King James Version
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
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Genesis 11:4Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
Ezekiel 5:5This is what the Lord God says: This represents Jerusalem. I placed her right in the middle of the nations, surrounded by other countries.
John 8:12Jesus spoke again to the people, telling them, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me you won't walk in darkness for you will have the life-giving light.”
Romans 2:19You're absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are a light to those in darkness.
Ephesians 5:8At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. You are to live as children of light
1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all children of light and children of the day. We don't belong to the night or to 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 →