Matthew 6:23

but, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!

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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 your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;

24No one can serve two masters, for either they will hate one and love the other, or else they will attach themselves to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:15Don’t I have the right to do as I choose with what is mine? Are you envious because I am generous?’

Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;

John 9:39and Jesus added, “It was to put people to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should 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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