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Matthew 6:23

but if your eye may be evil, all your body will be dark; if, therefore, the light that [is] in you is darkness—the darkness, how great!

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

In Context

22The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, your eye may be perfect, all your body will be enlightened,

24None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; you are not able to serve God and wealth.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:20Woe [to] those saying to evil “good,” and to good “evil,” || Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, || Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

Isaiah 44:18They have not known, nor do they understand, || For He has coated their eyes from seeing, || Their heart from acting wisely.

Jeremiah 8:8How do you say, We [are] wise, || And the Law of YHWH [is] with us? Surely, behold, it has worked falsely, || The false pen of scribes.

Matthew 20:15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?

Mark 7:22thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness;

John 9:39And Jesus said, “I came to this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing 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 →

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