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Matthew 5:14 — Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot…
“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
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The verses around Matthew 5:14.
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Verse explanation
The image of a city set on a hilltop, visible from far away at night by its lit lamps, was a reference anyone in the region would have recognized at once.
From the Matthew 5 study in Bible in Stories.
Matthew 5:14 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Vós sois a luz do mundo: não se pode esconder uma cidade edificada sobre um monte,
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Vós sois a luz do mundo; não se pode esconder uma cidade fundada sobre o monte;
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Ustedes son la luz del mundo. Una ciudad que está construida sobre lo alto de una montaña no puede ocultarse.
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In other languages: Português (Mateus 5:14) · Español (Mateo 5:14)
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