Matthew 5:14

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

You are the light of the world, a city set on a mountain is not able to be hid;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη·

RP2018

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη·

TR-Boyd

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη·

SCR1894

υμεις εστε το φως του κοσμου ου δυναται πολις κρυβηναι επανω ορους κειμενη

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• Philippians 2:15so 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
• John 8:12Once 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.”
• Ephesians 5:8–14For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Test and prove what pleases the Lord. Have no…
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• John 12:36While 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.
• Romans 2:19–20if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
• 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
• John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
• Revelation 21:14–27The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. The city lies…
• Revelation 1:20–2:1This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
• Genesis 11:4–8“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.” Then the LORD came down to see…

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