Luke 11:35

So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

In Context

34The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

36If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Isaiah 5:20Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

John 7:48Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?

Romans 1:22Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

1 Corinthians 1:19As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

James 3:13Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

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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