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Matthew 6:22-23 KJV
Matthew · chapter 6 · verses 22–23
22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23But 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!Matthew 6:22-23 · King James Version
Matthew 6:22-23 in context
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23But 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!
24No 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.
25Therefore 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?
Commentary
Cross references
- Luke 11:34-36
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
- Matthew 6:22
- 1 John 2:11
- Isaiah 5:20-21
- Jeremiah 4:22
- Proverbs 26:12
- 1 Corinthians 3:18-19
- 1 Corinthians 1:18-20
- Romans 2:17-23
Key words (Strong's)
- darknessskoteinosfull of darkness, covered with darknessG4652 →
- darknessskotosdarkness, of night darkness, of darkened eyesight or blindness, metaph., of ignorance…G4655 →
- singlehaploussimple, single, whole, good fulfilling its office, sound, of the eyeG573 →
- lightlychnosa lamp, candle, that is placed on a stand or candlestickG3088 →
- thinesouthy, theeG4675 →
- wholeholosall, whole, completelyG3650 →
- lightphōslight, the light, emitted by a lamp, a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they…G5457 →
- greatpososhow great, how much, how manyG4214 →
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Worldly-mindedness is as common and as fatal a symptom of hypocrisy as any other, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a visible and passable profession of religion, than by this;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-24