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Matthew 6:22

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

In Context

21For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be.

23but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!

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Cross References

Luke 11:34The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.

2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may be led astray from their single-heartedness and their fidelity to Christ.

Colossians 3:22Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.

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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