Luke 11:35

See to it, therefore, lest the light that is in thee, be darkness.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

In Context

34The lamp of thy body is thy eye. Therefore, when thy eye is sound, thy whole body will be enlightened; but if it be bad, thy body also will be dark.

36For if thy whole body be enlightened, and no part in it be dark, the whole will be luminous, as if a lamp enlightened thee by its radiance.

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Cross References

John 7:48Have any of the chiefs, or of the Pharisees, believed in him?

Romans 1:22And, while they thought within themselves that they were wise, they became fools.

1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will dissipate the intelligence of the sagacious.

James 3:13Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show his works in praiseworthy actions, with modest wisdom.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:30-37

The Sign of the Prophet Jonah. 29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a… Read the whole commentary →

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