King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 5:14
“‹Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 5
‹Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great› [is] ‹your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.›
‹Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.›
‹Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.›
‹Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.›
‹Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.›
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