Mateo 6:23

Filipino Cebuano Bible

23 apan kon masakiton ang imong mata, ang tibuok mong lawas mapuno sa kangitngit. Busa, kon ang kahayag sa sulod nimo mao na ang kangitngit, pagkadaku gayud sa maong kangitngit!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thine: Matthew 20:15, Isaiah 44:18-20, Mark 7:22, Ephesians 4:18, Ephesians 5:8, 1 John 2:11

If: Matthew 23:16-28, Proverbs 26:12, Isaiah 5:20, Isaiah 5:21, Isaiah 8:20, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:9, Luke 8:10, John 9:39-41, Romans 1:22, Romans 2:17-23, 1 Corinthians 1:18-20, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:5 - your Leviticus 13:29 - General Leviticus 13:44 - utterly unclean Proverbs 14:6 - scorner Ecclesiastes 2:13 - light Luke 6:42 - see Luke 11:34 - light of John 1:9 - the true Acts 26:18 - and to Romans 2:19 - art confident 2 Corinthians 3:14 - their Hebrews 5:14 - their

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if thine eye be evil,.... If thou art of a sordid disposition, of an avaricious temper, if the sin of covetousness prevails over thee,

thy whole body will be full of darkness: thy judgment will be so influenced by that sordid principle, that thou wilt not be able to discern what is agreeable to the law of God, or human reason; what is fitting to be done for thyself, for God, or for thy fellow creatures; all the powers and faculties of thy soul will be enslaved by it, and all be intent upon, and employed in the gratification of it: thy mind will be always sad and sorrowful, harassed and distressed; and thy estate, and condition, will be most miserable and uncomfortable:

if therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! as it is in the body, so it is with the mind; as when the eye, the light of the body, is put out by any means, all the members of the body are in entire darkness; so when the light of reason in the mind is so far extinguished by any prevailing iniquity, particularly the sin of covetousness, so that it is wholly influenced and governed by it, what irregular actions is it led into! What deeds of darkness does it perform! and what will be the consequence of it, but utter and eternal darkness, if grace prevent not!

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The light of the body ... - The sentiment stated in the preceding verses - the duty of fixing the affections on heavenly things - Jesus proceeds to illustrate by a reference to the “eye.” When the eye is directed steadily toward an object, and is in health, or is single, everything is clear and plain. If it vibrates, flies to different objects, is fixed on no one singly, or is diseased, nothing is seen clearly. Everything is dim and confused. The man, therefore, is unsteady. The eye regulates the motion of the body. To have an object distinctly in view is necessary in order to correct and regulate action. Rope-dancers, that they may steady themselves, fix the eye on some object on the wall, and look steadily at that. If they should look down on the rope or the people, they might become dizzy and fall. A man crossing a stream on a log, if he will look across at some object steadily, will be in little danger. If he looks down on the dashing and rolling waters, he will become dizzy, and fall. So Jesus says, in order that the conduct may be right, it is important to fix the affections on heaven. Having the affections there - having the eye of faith single, steady, unwavering - all the conduct will be correspondent.

Single - Steady, directed to one object. Not confused, as persons’ eyes are when they see double.

Thy body shall be full of light - Your conduct will be regular and steady. All that is needful to direct the body is that the eye be fixed right. No other light is required. So all that is needful to direct the soul and the conduct is, that the eye of faith be fixed on heaven; that the affections be there.

If, therefore, the light that is in thee ... - The word “light,” here, signifies “the mind,” or principles of the soul. If this is dark, how great is that darkness! The meaning of this passage may be thus expressed: The light of the body, the guide and director, is the eye. All know how calamitous it is when that light is irregular or extinguished, as when the eye is diseased or lost. So the light that is in us is the soul. If that soul is debased by attending exclusively to earthly objects - if it is diseased, and not fixed on heaven how much darker and more dreadful will it be than any darkness of the eye! Avarice darkens the mind, obscures the view, and brings in a dreadful and gloomy night over all the faculties.