Matthew 5:14 - The Scriptures 2009

You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city to be hidden on a mountain.

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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, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.

Ezekiel 5:5

“Thus said the Master יהוה, ‘This is Yerushalayim which I have set in the midst of the nations, with the other lands all around her.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you become sons of light. These words יהושע spoke, and went off and was hidden from them.

John 5:35

“He was the burning and shining lamp, and for a while you wished to rejoice in his light.

John 8:12

Therefore יהושע spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.”

John 9:5

“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness?

Philippians 2:15

in order that you be blameless and faultless, children of Elohim 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 nor of darkness.

Revelation 1:20

“The secret of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands which you saw are seven assemblies.

Revelation 2:5

“So remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works, or else I shall come to you speedily and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.