Matthew 6:22-25
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
22 The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your [a]conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be [b]against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon ([c]deceitful riches, money, possessions, or [d]whatever is trusted in).
25 Therefore I tell you, stop being [e]perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 6:23 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:24 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:24 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:24 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:25 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
Matthew 6:22-25
Living Bible
22 “If your eye is pure, there will be sunshine in your soul. 23 But if your eye is clouded with evil thoughts and desires, you are in deep spiritual darkness. And oh, how deep that darkness can be!
24 “You cannot serve two masters: God and money. For you will hate one and love the other, or else the other way around.
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