Matthew 5:14

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just is like shining light, that grows in brilliance till perfect day.

Ezekiel 5:5

Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem! I placed it in the midst of the nations, surrounded by foreign lands.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of the light.” Unbelief and Belief Among the Jews. After he had said this, Jesus left and hid from them.

John 5:35

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

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have 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 be yoked with those who are different, with unbelievers. For what partnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what fellowship does light have 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 like lights in the world,

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness.

Revelation 1:20

This is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:5

Realize how far you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.