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


In Context

13 You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his flavor, with which shall it be salted? it is thereafter good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

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

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light to all that are in the house.

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

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

18 For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or one pronunciation mark shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Matthew 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens.