Matthew 6:22
Context6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, 1 your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24
Context6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate 2 the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise 3 the other. You cannot serve God and money. 4
[6:22] 1 tn 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”).
[6:24] 2 sn The contrast between hate and love here is rhetorical. The point is that one will choose the favorite if a choice has to be made.