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Matthew 6:23

Integrity

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

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

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.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

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BSB
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
KJV
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!
WEB
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
ASV
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 the darkness!
DARBY
but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!
BLB
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that [is] in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!
ÅB
men er øyet ditt sykt, så blir hele ditt kroppen mørk. Hvis lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort blir ikke mørket da!
OTB
Men hvis dine øyne ikke er klare, vil hele kroppen din være full av mørke. Hvis da lyset i deg er mørke, hvor stort er ikke det mørket!
B1930
men er ditt øie sykt, da blir hele ditt legeme mørkt. Er altså lyset i dig mørke, hvor stort blir da mørket!

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Cross references

  • 1 John 2:11

    But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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  • Matthew 6:22

    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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  • Isaiah 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!

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  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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  • Proverbs 26:12

    Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:18–19

    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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:18–20

    For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

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  • Isaiah 44:18–20

    They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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