14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.


In Context

11 |Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

13 |You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

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

15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who 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.

Matthew 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.