Matthew 6:22-23

The Lamp of the Body

22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, ^[a] your whole body will be full of light. ¹

23 But if your eyes are bad, ^[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Cross References

• 1. (Luke 11:33–36)

Footnotes

• [a] Literally If your eye is sound; see Proverbs 22:9
• [b] Literally if your eye is evil; see Proverbs 23:6 and Proverbs 28:22