Matthew 6:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 6:22

20 ^abut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The Lamp of the Body

22 ^a“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is¹ good, your whole body will be full of light.

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!

You Cannot Serve God and Riches

24 ^a“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. ^bYou cannot serve God and mammon.

Do Not Worry

25 “Therefore I say to you, ^ado not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

26 ^aLook at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 Which of you by worrying can add one¹ cubit to his stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not¹ arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But ^aseek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 6:22

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American Standard Version
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Amplified® Bible
The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.

Contemporary English Version
Your eyes are like a window for your body. When they are good, you have all the light you need.

Darby English Version
The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:

Good News Bible
"The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be full of light;

International Standard Version
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

King James Version
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

New American Standard Bible
"The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

New International Version
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

New King James Version
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The eye serves as the lamp of the body; so then if your eye has clearness, your whole body will become full of light.

Revised Standard Version
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light;

Young's Literal Translation
`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

New English Translation
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy,¹ your whole body will be full of light.

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