Luke 11:35

take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

34'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:25There is a way right before a man, And its latter end — ways of death.

Isaiah 5:20Woe [to] those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

John 7:48did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?

Romans 1:22professing to be wise, they were made fools,

1 Corinthians 1:19for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

James 3:13Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of 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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