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## Matthew 5:14-15 in Context (Verses 11–18 KJV)
 
 [11 ](/kjv/matthew/5/11) Blessed are ye, when *men* shall revile you, and persecute *you*, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/matthew/5/12) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great *is* your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/matthew/5/13) ¶ 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.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/matthew/5/14) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/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.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/matthew/5/16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/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.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/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.
 
[Matthew 4](/kjv/matthew/4) [Matthew 6](/kjv/matthew/6)

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