Matthew 6:23

New Living Translation

But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!

Cross References

Proverbs 26:12

There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.

Isaiah 8:20

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

Matthew 20:15

Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

Matthew 6:22

“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

Luke 11:34

“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is filled with darkness.

Luke 8:10

He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they look, they won’t really see. When they hear, they won’t understand.’

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.

Ephesians 4:18

Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.

Ephesians 5:8

For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

1 John 2:11

But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.