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Matthew 6:23

But if yoʋr eye is bad, yoʋr whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within yoʋ is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Text-Critical English NT

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

22“The lamp of the body is the eye. If then yoʋr eye is clear, yoʋr whole body will be full of light.

24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:15Or is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Are yoʋ envious because I am good?’

Mark 7:22theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

John 9:39Then Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those 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 →

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