Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! New Living Translation But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! English Standard Version but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Berean Standard Bible But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Berean Literal Bible But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! King James Bible But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! New King James Version But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! New American Standard Bible But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! NASB 1995 “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! NASB 1977 “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Legacy Standard Bible But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Amplified Bible But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness! Christian Standard Bible But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness! Holman Christian Standard Bible But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness—how deep is that darkness! American Standard Version But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness! Aramaic Bible in Plain English But if your eye shall be bad, your entire body will be darkness; if therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great will be your darkness! Contemporary English Version But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. If the light inside you is dark, you surely are in the dark. Douay-Rheims Bible But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be! English Revised Version But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness! GOD'S WORD® Translation But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light in you is darkness, how dark it will be! Good News Translation but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be! International Standard Version But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!" Literal Standard Version but if your eye may be evil, all your body will be dark; if, therefore, the light that [is] in you is darkness—the darkness, how great! Majority Standard Bible But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! New American Bible but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be. NET Bible But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! New Revised Standard Version but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! New Heart English Bible But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness. Webster's Bible Translation But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness! Weymouth New Testament but 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! World English Bible But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Young's Literal Translation but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Lamp of the Body22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.… Cross References Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. Matthew 20:15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?' Mark 7:22 greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. Treasury of Scripture But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness! thine. Matthew 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? Isaiah 44:18-20 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand… Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: If. Matthew 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Isaiah 5:20,21 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! … Jump to Previous Bad Body Dark Darkness Dense Evil Eye Eyes Eyesight Full Great However Light Sound Whole Wicked WithinJump to Next Bad Body Dark Darkness Dense Evil Eye Eyes Eyesight Full Great However Light Sound Whole Wicked WithinMatthew 6 1. Giving to the Needy5. The Lord's Prayer 16. Proper Fasting 19. Store up Treasures in Heaven 25. Do Not Worry 33. but seek God's kingdom. (23) If thine eye be evil.--If the spiritual faculty, whose proper work it is to give light, be itself diseased--if it discerns not singly but doubly, and therefore dimly--then the whole life also is shrouded in gloom. If that is the case with the higher life, what will be the state of the lower! If the light is darkened, what will be the state of the region of life which is in itself naturally dark--the region of appetites and passions, which needs the presence of the light to keep them at all in check! "If the light that is in thee be darkness, the darkness how great will it be!" Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. vision ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3788: The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy. is ᾖ (ē) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. poor, πονηρὸς (ponēros) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. whole ὅλον (holon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. body σῶμά (sōma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. will be ἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. full of darkness. σκοτεινὸν (skoteinon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4652: Full of darkness, dark. From skotos; opaque, i.e. benighted. If εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. then οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. light φῶς (phōs) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness. within ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. you σοὶ (soi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. is ἐστίν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. darkness, σκότος (skotos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4655: Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity. how great [is] πόσον (poson) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4214: How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many). that τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. darkness! σκότος (skotos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4655: Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity. Links Matthew 6:23 NIVMatthew 6:23 NLT Matthew 6:23 ESV Matthew 6:23 NASB Matthew 6:23 KJV Matthew 6:23 BibleApps.com Matthew 6:23 Biblia Paralela Matthew 6:23 Chinese Bible Matthew 6:23 French Bible Matthew 6:23 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 6:23 But if your eye is evil your (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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