Matthew 6:22

World English Bible (2000)

"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:34-36 : 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness. 36 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."
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:33-36
    4 verses
    94%

    33"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

    34The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

    36If 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."

  • Matt 6:23-25
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    91%

    23But 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!

    24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.

    25Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

  • Matt 6:21
    79%

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

  • Mark 9:47
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    47If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

  • Matt 18:9
    77%

    9If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

  • Matt 5:28-30
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    28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

    30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

    15Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

    16Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    42Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

  • Prov 4:25
    72%

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

  • Luke 12:34-35
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    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

    35"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    72%

    16"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

    17For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

  • Prov 15:30
    71%

    30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

  • Matt 7:3-5
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    3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    4Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

  • 1 Cor 12:16-17
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    70%

    16If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.

    17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?

  • John 8:12
    70%

    12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    69%

    6seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Eccl 11:7
    69%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Luke 6:45
    69%

    45The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

  • John 12:35-36
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    69%

    35Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

  • Luke 6:39
    69%

    39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

  • Matt 6:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

    19"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

  • John 9:5
    68%

    5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

  • John 12:46
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    46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

  • Prov 4:21
    68%

    21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Matt 6:4
    68%

    4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • Matt 20:33
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    33They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

  • 1 John 1:6
    68%

    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

  • Mark 4:21
    68%

    21He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?

  • Matt 6:33
    68%

    33But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.