Luke 11:34
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Luke 11:34 in other translations
| BSB | Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. |
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| WEB | The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. |
| ASV | The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. |
| YLT | ‘The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened; |
| DARBY | The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark. |
| BBE | The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark. |
| Webster | The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thy eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. |
What does Luke 11:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:33-36
33-36. (See on Mt 5:14-16; Mt 6:22, 23.) But Lu 11:36 here is peculiarly vivid, expressing what pure, beautiful, broad perceptions the clarity of the inward eye imparts.
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 11:29-36
Christ promised that there should be one sign more given, even the sign of Jonah the prophet; which in Matthew is explained, as meaning the resurrection of Christ; and he warned them to improve this sign. But though Christ himself were the constant preacher in any congregation, and worked miracles daily among them, yet unless his grace humbled their hearts, they would not profit by his word. Let us not desire more…
Luke 11:34 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 11:34
- Matthew 6:22-23
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
- Romans 11:8-10
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
- Psalms 119:18
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
- Mark 4:12
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
- Mark 8:18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 119:18; Mt 6:22,23; Mr 8:18; Ac 26:18; Eph 1:17
single.
Ac 2:46; 2Co 1:12; 11:3; Eph 6:5; Col 3:22
but.
Ge 19:11; 2Ki 6:15-20; Ps 81:12; Pr 28:22; Isa 6:10; 29:10; 42:19
Isa 44:18; Jer 5:21; Mr 4:12; 7:22; Ac 13:11; Ro 11:8-10; 2Co 4:4
2Th 2:9-12
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Context
- Luke 11:33
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
- Luke 11:34
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
- Luke 11:35
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 11:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La antorcha del cuerpo es el ojo: pues si tu ojo fuere simple, también todo tu cuerpo será resplandeciente; mas si fuere malo, también tu cuerpo será tenebroso. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La lampe du corps, c’est ton œil; lorsque ton œil est simple, ton corps tout entier aussi est plein de lumière; mais lorsqu’il est méchant, ton corps aussi est ténébreux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Lampe des Leibes ist dein Auge; wenn dein Auge einfältig ist, so ist auch dein ganzer Leib licht; wenn es aber böse ist, so ist auch dein Leib finster. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Lucerna corporis tui est oculus tuus. Si oculus tuus fuerit simplex, totum corpus tuum lucidum erit: si autem nequam fuerit, etiam corpus tuum tenebrosum erit. |