Matthew 6:23
but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness!
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light;
Cross References
Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
John 9:39And Jesus said: For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not may see, and that 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 →