Matthew 6:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.”
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“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 6:22 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 11:34Your 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.
- Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- Ephesians 6:5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
- Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
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