Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Luke 11:36 - English Standard Version 2016 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If then your entire body is illuminated, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright [with light], as when a lamp with its bright rays gives you light. American Standard Version (1901) If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light. Common English Bible If your whole body is full of light—with no part darkened—then it will be as full of light as when a lamp shines brightly on you.” Catholic Public Domain Version So then, if your entire body becomes filled with light, not having any part in darkness, then it will be entirely light, and, like a shining lamp, it will illuminate you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of darkness; the whole shall be lightsome; and as a bright lamp, shall enlighten thee. |
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.
To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.