Verse 22
Matthew 6:22
Darby Translation
22
The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:
Original Language Text
greek
Ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός. ἐὰν οὖν ⸂ᾖ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς⸃, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται·
English Translation
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light.
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Chapter 6 Context
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Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your F...
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When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagog...
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But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;
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so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.
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And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the sy...
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But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father...
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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they sha...
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Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anyt...
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Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,
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let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;
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give us to-day our needed bread,
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and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,
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and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.
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For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours],
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but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.
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16
And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces,...
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But *thou*, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
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so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father...
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves di...
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but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves...
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for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.
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22
The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:
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but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be d...
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No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will ho...
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For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye sho...
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26
Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your he...
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27
But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?
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And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow...
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but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
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But if God (Elohim) so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into...
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Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on...
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for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all...
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God (Elohim) and his righteousness, and all these things shall be a...
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Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to...
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