Matthew 6:23
But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be!
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:20Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
Isaiah 44:18They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.
Jeremiah 8:8How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.
Matthew 20:15Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
John 9:39And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see, may 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 →