Luke 11:35

Luke 11:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
• New International Version (NIV)See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.

Context of Luke 11:35

33But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light. 34The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark. See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness. 37But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

Luke 11:35 word by word

σκόπει οὖν μὴ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος ἐστίν.Read the interlinear

• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• darknessσκότοςskotos · darknessG4655

Cross-references for Luke 11:35

• Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
• Proverbs 26:12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
• Jeremiah 8:8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
• John 7:48Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
• John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
• Romans 1:22professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
• Romans 2:19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who [are] in darkness,
• 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
• 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
• James 3:13Who [is] wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;
• 2 Peter 1:9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
• 2 Peter 2:18For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
• Revelation 3:17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

Commentaries on Luke 11:35

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33-36Verses 33-36 These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15; Matthew 6:22-23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-36Verses 29-36 Christ promised that there should be one sign more given, even the sign of Jonah the prophet; which in Matthew is explained, as meaning the resurrection of Christ; and he warned them to improve this sign. But though Christ himself were the constant preacher in any congregation, and worked miracles daily among them, yet unless his grace humbled their hearts, they would not profit by his word. Let us not desire more evidence and fuller teaching…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-36Light and darkness are metaphors for good and evil (John 1:5; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35; Acts 26:18; Romans 13:12; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 6:14; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 1:5; 2:8–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3633-36. (See on Mt 5:14-16; Mt 6:22, 23.) But Lu 11:36 here is peculiarly vivid, expressing what pure, beautiful, broad perceptions the clarity of the inward eye imparts.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:35

• Confidence
• Conscience
• Influence
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Pharisees
• Self-Righteousness
• Watchfulness
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Luke 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings