Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
A Conservative Version
The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye is sound, thy whole body will be bright.
American Standard Version
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Your eye is [like] a lamp to your body [i.e., your life]. If your eye sees things correctly, [then] your whole body [i.e., your entire life] will be illuminated [i.e., be directed into proper conduct].
Anderson New Testament
The lamp of the body is the eye: if, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be light:
Bible in Basic English
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.
Common New Testament
The lamp of the body is the eye. So if your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the eye is the light of the body: now if your eye be clear, your whole body will be enlightned.
Darby Translation
The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:
Godbey New Testament
For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.
Goodspeed New Testament
The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be light,
John Wesley New Testament
The eye is the light of the body: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Julia Smith Translation
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.
King James 2000
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be sound, your whole body shall be full of light.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light.
Modern King James verseion
The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light.
Moffatt New Testament
The eye is the lamp of the body: so, if your Eye is generous, the whole of your body will be illumined,
Montgomery New Testament
"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be well lighted;
NET Bible
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
New Heart English Bible
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
Noyes New Testament
The eye is the lamp of the body. If thine eye he clear, thy whole body will be in light;
Sawyer New Testament
The light of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body will be light;
The Emphasized Bible
The lamp of the body, is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body, shall be, lighted up;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be enlightened.
Webster
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light.
Weymouth New Testament
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;
Williams New Testament
"The eye is the very lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
World English Bible
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
Worrell New Testament
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be full of light;
Worsley New Testament
The eye is the light of the body: if therefore thine eye be clear, thy whole body will be light;
Youngs Literal Translation
'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Light Of The Body
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up; 23 But, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!
Cross References
Luke 11:34-36
The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
2 Corinthians 11:3
Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the Serpent by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, always obey your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had but to please men, but giving them ungrudging service, in your reverence for the Master.
Acts 2:46
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people.
Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ;