Matthew 5:14
Ye, are the light of the world: it is impossible for a city to be hid, on the top of a mountain, lying.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 11:4And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,—lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Ezekiel 5:5Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, This, is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations, I placed her,— and of the countries round about her;
John 8:12Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying—I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Romans 2:19Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art—a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,
Ephesians 5:8For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord,—as children of light, be walking,
1 Thessalonians 5:5For, all ye, are, sons of light, and 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 →