Luke 11:35
33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
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.
Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
37 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
- KJV
- Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
- WEB
- Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
- ASV
- Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
- DARBY
- See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
- BLB
- Take heed, therefore, [that] the light that [is] in you is not darkness.
- ÅB
- Se derfor til at lyset i deg ikke er mørke!
- OTB
- Vær derfor forsiktig at lyset i deg ikke er mørke.
- B1930
- Se derfor til at lyset i dig ikke er mørke!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Read in context2 Peter 1:9
But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Read in contextJames 3:13–17
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:19–21
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Read in contextRevelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18–20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:20–21
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.
Read in contextRomans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
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