Matthew 5:14

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Ye {G5210} are {G2075} the light {G5457} of the world {G2889}. A city {G4172} that is set {G2749} on {G1883} an hill {G3735} cannot {G3756}{G1410} be hid {G2928}.

"You are light for the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

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Cross-References

  • Philippians 2:15 (93 votes)

    That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

  • John 8:12 (88 votes)

    ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • Ephesians 5:8 (75 votes)

    For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • Ephesians 5:14 (75 votes)

    Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:5 (72 votes)

    Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

  • Proverbs 4:18 (60 votes)

    But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  • John 12:36 (47 votes)

    While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.