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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! |
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! |
“But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness; if therefore the sight that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! |
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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! |
But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [ your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness! |
But if your eye be diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light which is in you is darkness, how great. |
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But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If all the light you have is darkness, it is dark indeed! |
But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very source of light in you is darkness, how dense is that darkness! |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
- Sight - Neil Girrard An unusual Greek word points to the need to see with God’s eyes and not our own.
- Spiritual Blindness - Neil Girrard - ( in Adobe/pdf format ) Whether we look at Nicodemus or Eve or Cain or Saul or Elymas or ourselves, the sin nature is common to every man, woman and child.
- 6. The Way of Christ Is Still Narrow; The “Church” Paradigm (a la Tozer) - Neil Girrard Tozer, writing around 1960, gives testimony here of a quick but dramatic transformation in the practice of following Christ.