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Matthew 6:22

The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

In Context

21For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

23But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

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Cross References

Luke 11:34The 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.

2 Corinthians 11:3But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

Colossians 3:22Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

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 →

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