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Matthew 6:23-25
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 6:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.[a]
The Sermon on the Mount: Anxiety
25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat,[b] and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body more than clothing?
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- Matthew 6:24 Traditionally transliterated from the Greek as “mammon”
- Matthew 6:25 Some manuscripts add “or what you will drink”; other later manuscripts add “and what you will drink”
Matthew 6:23-25
English Standard Version
Matthew 6:23-25
English Standard Version
23 (A)but if (B)your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 (C)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (D)money.[a]
Do Not Be Anxious
25 (E)“Therefore I tell you, (F)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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- Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
Matthew 6:23-25
New International Version
Matthew 6:23-25
New International Version
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[a] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)
Do Not Worry(B)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry(C) about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
Matthew 6:23-25
Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 6:23-25
Christian Standard Bible
23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!(A)
24 “No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. (B)
The Cure for Anxiety
25 “Therefore I tell you:(C) Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?(D)
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