Luke 11:35
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.
34 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.
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.
37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
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 seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Read in context2 Peter 1:9
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Read in contextJames 3:13–17
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:19–21
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Read in contextRevelation 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18–20
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Read in contextIsaiah 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!
Read in contextRomans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
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