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


In Context

13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

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

15 Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

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

17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

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 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.

The American 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.