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Matthew 5:14: Devotionals and Reflections

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

Matthew 5:14World English Bible

Jesus describes his hearers as light and compares them to a city that cannot be hidden. The image invites us to consider what others can see in our ordinary lives.

Devotionals connected to this passage

  • Matthew 5:14

    Visible Without Performing

    Jesus addresses his hearers with a name they may not have chosen for themselves: light. The image of a city on a hill makes that name hard to keep private. A city is not one window or one person; its

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