Matthew 5:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Phil 2:15 : 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • John 12:36 : 36 In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
  • Eph 5:8-9 : 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light 9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true), 10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord; 11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear; 12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words. 13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light. 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
  • 1 Thess 5:5 : 5 For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
  • Rom 2:19-20 : 19 In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark, 20 A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches. 1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:
  • Rev 21:14-27 : 14 And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall. 16 And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high. 17 And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass. 19 The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass. 22 And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple. 23 And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb. 24 And the nations will go in its light: and the kings of the earth will take their glory into it. 25 And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there): 26 And the glory and honour of the nations will come into it: 27 And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Gen 11:4-8 : 4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth. 5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building. 6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs. 7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another. 8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

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    15 And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

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  • Matt 5:11-13
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    11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

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  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33 No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

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    35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

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  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16 No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

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    21 And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?

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    5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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    26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

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    35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

    36 In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

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    12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

    3 So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22 The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

    23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

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    15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  • Eph 5:8
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    8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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    46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

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    35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

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    24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

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    16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

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    13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

    14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

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    34 For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

  • Matt 13:43
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    43 Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    4 Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

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    5 And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

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    2 The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

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    1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

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    48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

  • Mark 9:50
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    50 Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

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    4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

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    1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

  • John 1:5
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    5 And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

  • Matt 10:18
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    18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

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    5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • John 3:19
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    19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.