Matthew 5:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“You are the light that shines for the world to see. You are like a city built on a hill that cannot be hidden.

Cross References

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be blameless and pure, children of God without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people you shine like lights in a dark world,

John 8:12

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

1 Thessalonians 5:5

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

Proverbs 4:18

The path of those who live right is like the early morning light. It gets brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

John 12:36

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

2 Corinthians 6:14

You are not the same as those who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and evil don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot share the same room.

John 5:35

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

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.

John 9:5

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

Revelation 2:5

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

Ezekiel 5:5

Then the Lord GOD said to me, “The brick is a picture of Jerusalem. I put Jerusalem in the middle of other nations with countries all around her.