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Matthew 6:23

NETBible	But if your eye is diseased,¹ your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
NIV © biblegateway Mat 6:23	But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
NASB © biblegateway Mat 6:23	"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
NLT © biblegateway Mat 6:23	But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!
MSG © biblegateway Mat 6:23	If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!
BBE © SABDAweb Mat 6:23	But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
NRSV © bibleoremus Mat 6:23	but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
NKJV © biblegateway Mat 6:23	"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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KJV	But <1161> if <1437> thine <4675> eye <3788> be <5600> (5753) evil <4190>_, thy <4675> whole <3650> body <4983> shall be <2071> (5704) full of darkness <4652>_. If <1487> therefore <3767> the light <5457> that is <2076> (5748) in <1722> thee <4671> be darkness <4655>_, how great <4214> [is] that darkness <4655>_!
NASB © biblegateway Mat 6:23	"But if <1437> your eye <3788> is bad <4190> , your whole <3650> body <4983> will be full <4652> of darkness <4652> . If <1487> then <3767> the light <5457> that is in you is darkness <4655> , how <4214> great <4214> is the darkness <4655> !
NET [draft] ITL	But <1161> if <1437> your <4675> eye <3788> is <1510> diseased <4652> , your <4675> whole <3650> body <4983> will be <1510> full of darkness. If <1487> then <3767> the light <5457> in <1722> you <4671> is <1510> darkness <4655> , how great <4214> is the darkness <4655> !
GREEK	ean de o ofyalmov sou ponhrov h to swma sou skoteinon estai oun to fwv to en soi skotov estin skotov poson

NETBible

But if your eye is diseased,¹ your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

NET Notes

¹tn Or “if your eye is sick” (L&N 23.149).

¹sn There may be a slight wordplay here, as this term can also mean “evil,” so the figure uses a term that points to the real meaning of being careful as to what one pays attention to or looks at.