Matthew 6:23
but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22The eye is the lamp of the body. If thine eye he clear, thy whole body will be in light;
Cross References
Isaiah 5:20Woe to them 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 know not, neither understand; For their eyes are closed up, that they cannot see, And their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 8:8How is it that ye say, “We are wise, We possess the law of Jehovah”? Behold, the false pen of the scribes Hath turned it into falsehood.
Matthew 20:15Am I not free to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousness, iniquities, 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 might see, and that they who see might 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 →