Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!This verse in the real world
In what words
- σκοτεινόςskoteinósopaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted
- πόσοςpósosinterrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
- σκότοςskótosshadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
- φῶςphōscompare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or
- πονηρόςponēróshurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556 (κακός
- ὦō(may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with G1487 (εἰ) and its comparati
- ὀφθαλμόςophthalmósthe eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the
- ὅλοςhólos"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) a
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Jn 2:11, Mat 6:22, Isa 5:20–21, Jer 4:22, Pro 26:12, 1Co 3:18–19, 1Co 1:18–20, Isa 44:18–20