Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore pay careful attention [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.
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.
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 the body. When your eye is sincere, your whole body is full of light also. But when it is evil, your body [is] dark also. 35 Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness! 36 If therefore your whole body [is] full of light, not having any part dark, it will be completely full of light, as when the lamp with [its] light gives light to you."
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.
Proverbs 26:12
[Do] you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is more] hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 5:20-21
Ah! Those who call evil good and good evil, those who put darkness for light and light for darkness, those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Jeremiah 8:8-9
How can you say, 'We [are] wise and the law of Yahweh [is] with us'? Look, surely {the lying stylus of the scribes} has made it a lie.
John 7:48-49
{None} of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, [have they]?
John 9:39-41
And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 2:19-23
and are confident [that] you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.
James 3:13-17
Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.
2 Peter 1:9
For [the one] for whom these [things] [are] not present is blind, being nearsighted, {having forgotten the cleansing} of his former sins.
2 Peter 2:18
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
Revelation 3:17
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,