Matthew 5:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • John 12:36 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.
  • Eph 5:8-9 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
  • 1 Thess 5:5 : 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
  • Rom 2:19-20 : 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches. 1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;
  • Rev 21:14-27 : 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates of it, and the wall of it. 16 And the city lies four-square, and the length is as large as the width: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the width and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18 And the construction of its wall was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each individual gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light: and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 And its gates shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 27 And nothing unclean shall ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination or a lie: but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Gen 11:4-8 : 4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing will be withheld from them which they have planned to do. 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

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    15Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 5:11-13
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    11Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

    13You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

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    35Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    36If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

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    21And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a candlestick?

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    27What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

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    35Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.

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    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    2For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, nor hidden that shall not be known.

    3Therefore, whatever you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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    15That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;

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    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

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    35Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

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    13But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

    14Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

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    34Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?

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    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    4For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.

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    5And whoever will not receive you, when you leave that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.

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    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.

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    1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

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    48Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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    50Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.

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    4In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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    5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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    18And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

  • 1 John 4:5
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    5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

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    6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • John 3:19
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    19This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.