Matthew 5:14

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

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 all around her.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid 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. Whoever follows me will never 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 mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship is there between light and darkness?

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

Revelation 1:20

As for the mystery of the seven stars that 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.