Matthew 5:14

Easy To Read Version

“You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

Good people are like the early morning light. The sun rises and the day becomes brighter and happier.

Ezekiel 5:5

Then the Lord my Master said to me, “That \{brick\} is a picture of Jerusalem. I put Jerusalem in the middle of other nations. And there are countries all around her.

John 12:36

So put your trust in the light while you still have it. Then you will become sons of light.” When Jesus finished saying these things, he left. Jesus went to a place where the people could not find him.

John 5:35

John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. And you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.

John 8:12

Later, Jesus talked to the people again. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. The person that follows me will never live in darkness. That person will have the light that gives life.”

John 9:5

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

2 Corinthians 6:14

You are not the same as those people who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and bad don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot have fellowship (sharing).

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be innocent and without anything wrong in you. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with evil people all around you who have become very bad. Among those people you shine like lights in the dark world.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You are all people who belong to the light (goodness). You belong to the day. We don’t belong to the night or to darkness (evil).

Revelation 1:20

Here is the hidden meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands that you saw: The seven lampstands are the seven churches. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.

Revelation 2:5

So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do the things you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you. I will take away your lampstand from its place.