Luke 11:36
If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of darkness; the whole shall be lightsome; and as a bright lamp, shall enlighten thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
35Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkness.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
Proverbs 6:23Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Isaiah 8:20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
Hosea 6:3He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.
Matthew 13:52He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things 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 →