Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they see your good deeds and praise your Father who is in heaven.

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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

15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but rather on the lampstand, and it shines for everyone in the house.

17Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have come not to destroy them, but to fulfill them.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:35When the Israelites saw Moses' face shining, he would put the veil over his face again until he went back in to speak with Yahweh.

Isaiah 58:8Then your light would be broken open like the sunrise, and your healing would quickly sprout up; 1 your righteousness would go before you, and the glory of Yahweh would be your rearguard. 1

Isaiah 61:3He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, 1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, 1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 1

Matthew 6:1Take heed that you do not do your acts of righteousness before people to be seen by them, or else you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:16When you fast, do not have a mournful face as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to people as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 23:5They do all their deeds to be seen by people. For they make their phylacteries wide, and they enlarge the edges of their garments.

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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