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Matthew 6:22

Integrity

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

23 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!

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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BSB
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
KJV
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
WEB
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
ASV
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
DARBY
The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:
BLB
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
ÅB
«Øyet er kroppens lys, og hvis øyet ditt er friskt lyser det opp hele kroppen;
OTB
"Øyet er kroppens lampe. Hvis dine øyne er klare, vil hele kroppen din være full av lys.
B1930
Øiet er legemets lys; er ditt øie friskt, da blir hele ditt legeme lyst;

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Cross references

  • Luke 11:34–36

    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.

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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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  • 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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