Matthew 5:16

So let your light shine before the sons of men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 kindle a lamp and place it beneath a measure, but on a candlestick, and it enlighteneth all who are in the house.

17Think not that I came to loose the law or the prophets: not that I might loose, but that I might fulfill.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:1SEE that in your almsgiving you do it not before men, so as that you may be observed by them; otherwise no reward is for you with your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:16WHEN, too, you fast, be not morosely sad as the assumers of faces, for they defile their countenances so as that they may appear unto men to fast: and, Amen I say unto you, they receive their reward.

Matthew 23:5And all their works they do that they may be seen of men; for they widen their tephillin, and lengthen the fringes of their waving vestments,

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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