Matthew 6:23
But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye is sound, thy whole body will be bright.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 8:8How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But, behold, the FALSE pen of the scribes has wrought falsely.
Matthew 20:15Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.
John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:20-25
The Sermon on the Mount. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be… Read the whole commentary →