Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn't darkness.
A Conservative Version
Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness.
American Standard Version
Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Look therefore [to see] whether or not the light that is in you [i.e., your perspective on things] might [actually] be darkness [i.e., a distorted perspective].
Anderson New Testament
Take heed, therefore, lest the light that is in you be darkness.
Common New Testament
Therefore be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
take care therefore, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.
Darby Translation
See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Godbey New Testament
See then that the light which is in thee is not darkness.
Goodspeed New Testament
So take care! Your very light may be darkness!
John Wesley New Testament
Take heed therefore, left the light that is in thee be darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
Take heed therefore lest the light in thee be darkness.
King James 2000
Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness!
Modern King James verseion
Therefore take heed that the light in you is not darkness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness.
Moffatt New Testament
(Look! perhaps your very light is dark.)
Montgomery New Testament
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
NET Bible
Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
Noyes New Testament
Take heed therefore, that the light which is within thee be not darkness.
Sawyer New Testament
See, therefore, that the light which is in you be not darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
Be looking to it, therefore, lest, the light that is in thee, be, darkness.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let it be thy aim then, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.
Webster
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Weymouth New Testament
Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.
Williams New Testament
So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.
World English Bible
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
Worrell New Testament
Take heed, therefore, lest the light in you be darkness.
Worsley New Testament
Take heed therefore least the light which is in thee be darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;
Themes
Darkness » When your body is full of darkness
Parables » Parables of Christ » Lighted candle
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 11:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
Light And Darkness
34 The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark. 35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark. 36 If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
Isaiah 5:20-21
Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
Jeremiah 8:8-9
How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
John 7:48-49
Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?
John 9:39-41
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
Romans 1:22
Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
Romans 2:19-23
In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
James 3:13-17
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
2 Peter 1:9
For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
Revelation 3:17
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.