Matthew 5:14
Matthew chapter 5 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Context
v.13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
v.14This passage
v.15Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 1:20
the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.
- Philippians 2:15
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
- John 8:12
Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- John 5:35
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.