Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A citie that is set on an hill, cannot be hid.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 11:4Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.
Ezekiel 5:5Thus saith the Lord God, This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the middes of the nations and countreyes, that are rounde about her.
John 8:12Then spake Iesus againe vnto them, saying, I am that light of the worlde: hee that followeth mee, shall not walke in darkenes, but shall haue that light of life.
Romans 2:19And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse,
Ephesians 5:8For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,
1 Thessalonians 5:5Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.
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 →