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Matthew 6:23

But if your eye is bad, your whole body is full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is actually darkness, how great is that darkness!

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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 eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore, if your eye is good, the whole body is filled with light.

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

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; 1 who represent darkness as light, and light as darkness; 1 who represent bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter! 1

Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive. 1

Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, “We are wise, for the law of Yahweh is with us”? 1 Indeed, see! The deceitful pen of the scribes has created deceit. 1

Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

Mark 7:22adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, folly.

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