Matthew 6:23
If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
22For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do as I wish with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, impurity, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, folly.
John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see; and those seeing may be made 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 →