Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
Therefore be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
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.
Bible in Basic English
So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
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 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful that the light in you is not darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."
Names
Cross References
John 7:48-49
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
John 9:39-41
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 2:19-23
and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will frustrate."
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.
James 3:13-17
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.
2 Peter 1:9
For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
2 Peter 2:18
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity, they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
Revelation 3:17
You say, "I am rich; I have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,