Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.”

Matthew 5:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

World English Bible

“You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

American Standard Version

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye are the light of the world. A citie that is set on an hill, cannot be hid.

Darby Translation

Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

Young's Literal Translation

'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

Bible in Basic English

You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

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Cross references

“the light”

Philippians 2:15 Ephesians 5:8–14 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Proverbs 4:18 John 12:36 2 Corinthians 6:14

Philippians 2:15 · BSB

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Ephesians 5:8–14 · BSB

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

1 Thessalonians 5:5 · BSB

For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

Proverbs 4:18 · BSB

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

John 12:36 · BSB

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.

2 Corinthians 6:14 · BSB

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

“a city”

Revelation 21:14–27 Genesis 11:4–8

Revelation 21:14–27 · BSB

The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Genesis 11:4–8 · BSB

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Also

John 8:12

John 8:12 · BSB

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

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