Luke 11:36

Therefore if all thy body be bright, and have no part of darknesses, (or And so if all thy body be bright, and have no part with darkness), it shall be all bright, and as a lantern of brightness it shall give light to thee. [Therefore if all thy body shall be light-full, not having any part of darknesses, it shall be all light-full, and as a lantern of brightness, or shining, it shall give light to thee.]

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In The King James Version

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

In Context

35Therefore see thou, lest the light that is in thee, be darknesses (or be darkness).

37And when he spake, a Pharisee prayed him, that he should eat with him. And he entered, and sat to (the) meat [or (and) sat at the meat]. (And after he spoke, a Pharisee beseeched him, that he would eat with him. And he entered, and sat down for the meal.)

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Cross References

Psalms 119:97[Mem.] Lord, how loved I thy law; all day it is my thinking. (Lord, how I love thy Law! I think about it all day long.)

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou receivest my words, and hidest my behests with thee (or and hidest my commands with thee);

Proverbs 6:23For the commandment of God is a lantern, and the law is light, and the blaming of teaching is the way of life; (For the commandment of God is a lantern, and the Law is a light, and the rebukes of discipline pointeth to the way of life;)

Isaiah 8:20It is to go to the law more rather, and to the witnessing, that if they say not after this word, morrowtide light shall not be to them. ( Say thou, It is better to go to the Law, and to the testimony, and if they say not after this word, then the light is not in them.)

Hosea 6:3We shall know, and follow, (so) that we know the Lord. His going out is made ready at the morrowtide, and he shall come as a rain to us, which is timeful and lateful to the earth.

Matthew 13:52He saith to them, Therefore every wise man of [the] law [taught] in the kingdom of heavens, is like to an husbandman, that bringeth forth of his treasure new things and old.

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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