Luke 11:34

Wisdom Purity

³² The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

³³ No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

³⁵ Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

³⁶ 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
WEB: The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
ASV: The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
DARBY: The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.
BLB: The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye may be sound, also your whole body is full of light; but when it may be evil, your body [is] also full of darkness.

ÅB: Ditt øye er legemets lys; når ditt øye er friskt, da er også hele ditt legeme lyst; men er det sykt, da er også ditt legeme mørkt.
OTB: Ditt øye er kroppens lampe. Når øynene dine er friske, er hele kroppen din full av lys. Men når de er syke, er kroppen din full av mørke.
B1930: Ditt øie er legemets lys; når ditt øie er friskt, da er også hele ditt legeme lyst; men er det sykt, da er også ditt legeme mørkt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 6:22–23
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
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Romans 11:8–10
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
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Psalms 119:18
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
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2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
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