Matthew 5:14
“You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
World English Bible British
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 11:4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
Ezekiel 5:5“The Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the middle of the nations, and countries are around her.
John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Romans 2:19and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
1 Thessalonians 5:5You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor 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 →