Luke 11:36
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.
35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
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.
38 But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
- ASV
- If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
- DARBY
- If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.
- BLB
- If, therefore, your whole body [is] full of light, not having any part full of darkness, the whole will be full of light, as when the lamp shining may shine on you.”
- ÅB
- Dersom altså hele ditt legeme er lyst og ikke har noen del som er mørk, da først blir det rett lyst helt igjennom, som når lyset lyser på deg med strålende skinn.
- OTB
- Hvis hele kroppen din er full av lys, uten noen del mørk, vil den være fullt opplyst, som når en lampe skinner sitt lys over deg."
- B1930
- Dersom altså hele ditt legeme er lyst og ikke har nogen del som er mørk, da først blir det rett lyst helt igjennem, som når lyset lyser på dig med strålende skinn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
Read in contextProverbs 6:23
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Read in contextProverbs 4:18–19
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Read in context2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextProverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Read in contextProverbs 2:1–11
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
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