Matthew 6:23-25
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
23 But if your eye is bad[a], your whole body will be full-of-darkness. If then the light in you is darkness[b], how great is the darkness! 24 No one can be serving[c] two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted-to one and disregard[d] the other. You cannot be serving God and wealth[e].
Don’t Be Anxious About Your Earthly Life. Seek God’s Kingdom And Righteousness
25 “For this reason I say to you— do not be anxious[f] for your life as to what you may eat or what you may drink, nor for your body as to what you may put-on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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- Matthew 6:23 That is, double-focused on wealth and God; or, sick, spiritually diseased.
- Matthew 6:23 That is, if the spiritual ‘light’ your eye allows in is in fact darkness.
- Matthew 6:24 That is, be serving as slave to.
- Matthew 6:24 The slave will internally hate or love one master over the other, or he will express this in action, devoting himself to serving one while disregarding the other.
- Matthew 6:24 Or, property, money.
- Matthew 6:25 Or, be worried about, be concerned about. The grammar implies, stop being anxious, or, do not be in the habit of being anxious.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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