Matthew 5:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

You are the light of the world. A city on top of a hill can’t be hidden.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

Matthew 5:14 Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Ezekiel 5:5

Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries round about her.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 9:5

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

Revelation 1:20

As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:5

Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.