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Matthew 5:16

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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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  1. Matthew 5:14

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

  2. Matthew 5:15

    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.

  3. Matthew 5:17

    Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

  4. Matthew 5:18

    For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.