13  Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men. 14  Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid. 15  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house. 16  Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

17  Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil. 18  For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass. 19  Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens. 20  For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.