Matthew 5:13-16

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13 “You are the salt of the earth, ¹but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

14 ²“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 ³Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so ⁴that^[a] they may see your good works and ⁵give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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1. 5:13 Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34
2. 5:14 Eph. 5:8; Phil. 2:15; [John 8:12]
3. 5:15 Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; 11:33
4. 5:16 Philem. 6; 1 Pet. 2:12
5. 5:16 John 15:8; 2 Cor. 9:13; Phil. 1:11; [ch. 9:8]

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[a] 5:16 Or 'house. '16'Let your light so shine before others that'

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