Luke 11 · Verse 35

Luke 11:35

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 11:35, King James Version

Luke 11:35 in other translations

BSBBe careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
WEBTherefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
ASVLook therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
YLTtake heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;
DARBYSee therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
BBESo take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
WebsterTake heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

What does Luke 11:35 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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 33-36. These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. Mt 5:15, Mt 6:22, Mt 6:23.

Verse 35.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

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…

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Luke 11:35 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

σκόπειskopeido take heedG4648
οὖνounthereforeG3767
μὴmēlestG3361
τὸtotheG3588
φῶςphōslightG5457
τὸtothat [is]G3588
ἐνeninG1722
σοὶsoiyouG4771
σκότοςskotosdarknessG4655
ἐστίν.estinbe.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 11:35

  • Proverbs 16:25

    There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • 2 Peter 1:9

    But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

  • James 3:13-17

    Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. …

  • 1 Corinthians 1:19-21

    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

  • Revelation 3:17

    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

  • 1 Corinthians 3:18-20

    Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

  • Isaiah 5:20-21

    Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

  • Romans 1:22

    Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

  • John 9:39-41

    And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

  • Proverbs 26:12

    Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

  • Romans 2:19-23

    And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pr 16:25; 26:12; Isa 5:20,21; Jer 8:8,9; Joh 7:48,49; 9:39-41
Ro 1:22; 2:19-23; 1Co 1:19-21; 3:18-20; Jas 3:13-17; 2Pe 1:9; 2:18
Re 3:17

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Context

  • 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 11:36

    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.

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Luke 11:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mira pues, si la lumbre que en ti hay, es tinieblas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Prends donc garde que la lumière qui est en toi ne soit ténèbres.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe nun zu, daß das Licht, welches in dir ist, nicht Finsternis ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vide ergo ne lumen quod in te est, tenebræ sint.