Matthew 5:14 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:14

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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23 verses on the floor

Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Ephesians 5:8–14
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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To understand what they have to do--they are to be governed by the moral law. Here is, (1.) A general ratification of the law, and a recommendation of it to us, as our rule,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Christ call himself the Light of the world ( John viii. 12 ), and they are workers together with him, and have some of his honour put upon them. Truly the light is sweet, it is welcome; the light of the first day of the world was so, when it shone out of darkness; so is the morning light of every day; so is the gospel, and those that spread it, to all sensible people.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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