Matthew 5:14

Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

13Ye are the salt of the earth; and if the salt may lose its savor, in what shall it be salted? It is yet without value, except having been cast out, to be trodden under feet by the people.

15Neither do they light a candle, and place it under a bushel, but on the candlestick; and it shineth to all who are in the house.

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Cross References

John 8:12Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

Romans 2:19and persuade yourself that you are a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, an instructor of the ignorant,

Ephesians 5:8For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

1 Thessalonians 5:5for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of 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 →

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