Luke 11:36

If therefore thy whole body is bright, not having any part dark, the whole will be bright, as when the lamp illuminates thee by the radiance.

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In The King James Version

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

In Context

35Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness.

37Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him. And having entered in, he sat down.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:97O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee,

Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Isaiah 8:20[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Hosea 6:3And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

Matthew 13:52And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:30-37

The Sign of the Prophet Jonah. 29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a… Read the whole commentary →

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