Matthew 5:14

Ye be [the] light of the world; a city set on an hill may not be hid (or a city set on a hill cannot be hidden);

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 be (the) salt of the earth; (so) that if the salt vanish away, wherein shall it be salted? To nothing it is worth over, [no] but that it be cast out, and be defouled of men, (or Then it is good for nothing, except that it be thrown away, and be defiled, or trodden upon, by people).

15nor men tendeth a lantern, and putteth it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, (so) that it give light to all that be in the house.

Read all of Matthew 5

Cross References

Genesis 11:4and they said, Come ye, and make we to us a city and a tower, whose highness stretch till to (the) heaven (s); and make we solemn our name, before that we be parted into all lands. (and they said, Come ye, and let us make a city, and a tower whose height shall stretch up to the sky; and make we our name well-known, or else we shall soon be parted from each other into all the earth.)

Ezekiel 5:5The Lord God saith these things, This is Jerusalem; I have set it in the midst of heathen men, and lands in the compass thereof. (The Lord God saith these things, This is Jerusalem; I have set it in the midst of the heathen, and the other lands all around it.)

John 8:12Therefore again Jesus spake to them, and said, I am the light of the world; he that (pur)sueth me, walketh not in (the) darknesses, (or he who followeth me, walketh not in the darkness), but shall have the light of life.

Romans 2:19and trustest thyself to be a leader of blind men, the light of them that be in darknesses (or the light for those who be in darkness),

Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometime darknesses, (or For before ye were in darkness, or For before ye were darkness), but now ye be light in the Lord. Walk ye as the sons of light.

1 Thessalonians 5:5For all ye be the sons of light, and sons of [the] day; we be not of night, neither of darknesses. (For all of ye be the children of the light, and the children of the day; we do not be of the night, nor of the 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 5:14