Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world! A city built upon a hill, not be concealed.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
John 8:12And Jesus again conversed with them, and said: I am the light of the world: he that cometh to me, will not walk in darkness; but will find for himself the light of life.
Romans 2:19and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in darkness,
Ephesians 5:8For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.
1 Thessalonians 5:5For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; and are not children of the night, and children 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 →