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


In Context

13 Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

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

15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

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

17 Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

18 For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.

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 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.