Luke 11:34

Luke 11:34 Meaning and Explanation

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

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The eye is the body's lamp: a single, sound eye fills the body with light; an evil eye leaves it full of darkness.

What Does Luke 11:34 Mean?

Jesus moves from the lamp on the stand to the lamp in the face. The eye is how light enters a person; everything depends on whether the eye is single -- clear, sound, undivided -- or evil.

The seeing he means is moral. A heart aimed singly at God takes in his light and is lit through; a grudging, divided eye turns even light to darkness. The same Jesus stood before that whole crowd -- some were filled with light, others with darker suspicion. What we become depends on how we see.

Luke 11:34 in the Original Language

haplous (ἁπλοῦς), 'single' -- sound, clear, undivided in aim.

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What does Luke 11:34 mean?

The eye is the body's lamp: a single, sound eye fills the body with light; an evil eye leaves it full of darkness.

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