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Matthew 6:22

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6:22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy,28 your whole body will be full of light.

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  1. 28 Or “sound” (so L&N 23.132 and most scholars). A few scholars take this word to mean something like “generous” here (L&N 57.107). partly due to the immediate context concerning money, in which case the “eye” is a metonymy for the entire person (“if you are generous”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light.

KJV 1900King James Version

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.