Luke 11:35

New Living Translation

Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Take care, then, that the light in you is not darkness.

King James Version (1611)
Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darknesse.

King James Version
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

English Standard Version
Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

New American Standard Bible
"So watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

New Century Version
So be careful not to let the light in you become darkness.

Amplified Bible
"Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

Berean Standard Bible
Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

Contemporary English Version
So be sure that your light isn't darkness.

Complete Jewish Bible
So take care that the light in you is not darkness!

Darby Translation
See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

Easy-to-Read Version
So be careful! Don't let the light in you become darkness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.

George Lamsa Translation
Take heed, therefore, lest the light which is in you be darkness.

Good News Translation
Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore pay careful attention that the light in you is not darkness!

Literal Translation
Watch, then, that the light in you is not darkness.

American Standard Version
Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

Bible in Basic English
So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

International Standard Version
Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn't darkness.

Etheridge Translation
Beware, therefore, lest the light that is in thee become darkness.

Murdock Translation
See to it, therefore, lest the light that is in thee, be darkness.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take heede therefore, that the lyght which is in thee, be not darknes.

English Revised Version
Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

World English Bible
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Take heed therefore, left the light that is in thee be darkness.

Weymouth's New Testament
Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor se thou, lest the liyt that is in thee, be derknessis.

Update Bible Version
Look therefore whether the light that is in you is not darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

New English Translation
Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

New King James Version
Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.

New Life Bible
Be careful that the light in you is not dark.

New Revised Standard
Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be looking to it, therefore, lest, the light that is in thee, be, darkness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

Revised Standard Version
Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darknes.

Young's Literal Translation
take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take hede therfore, that the light which is in the, be not darcknesse.

Mace New Testament (1729)
take care therefore, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But if you are only looking for the ways of the world to please you, then your eye is squeezed shut, and no light is within you.

Contextual Overview

²⁹ As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, "This evil generation keeps asking me to show them a miraculous sign. But the only sign I will give them is the sign of Jonah. ³⁰ What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God. ³¹ "The queen of Sheba will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen. ³² The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent. ³³ "No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house. ³⁴ "Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is filled with darkness. ³⁵ Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness. ³⁶ If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 26:12, Isaiah 5:20, Isaiah 5:21, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:9, John 7:48, John 7:49, John 9:39-41, Romans 1:22, Romans 2:19-23, 1 Corinthians 1:19-21, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, James 3:13-17, 2 Peter 1:9, 2 Peter 2:18, Revelation 3:17

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 2:13 - light Matthew 6:1 - heed 1 Corinthians 3:10 - But let every

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take heed therefore,.... By attending to the light of the Gospel, shining in the ministration of it, and do not neglect and despise it:

that the light which is in thee be not darkness; lest being given up to a judicial blindness and hardness of heart, not only the light of nature, which the Jews had in common with the Gentiles, but even that notional light and knowledge of divine things, which they had by being favoured with an external revelation, the writings of the Old Testament, should be lost.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15; Matthew 6:22-23.