The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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Gill's Exposition
But if thine eye be evil,.... If thou art of a sordid disposition, of an avaricious temper, if the sin of covetousness prevails over thee,
thy whole body will be full of darkness: thy judgment will…
The light of the body ... - The sentiment stated in the preceding verses - the duty of fixing the affections on heavenly things - Jesus proceeds to illustrate by a reference to the “eye.” When the eye…
Worldly-mindedness is as common and as fatal a symptom of hypocrisy as any other, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a visible and passable profession…
Cambridge Bible
The light Rather, lamp, or candle as it is translated ch. Mat 5:15. The eye is not itself the light, but contains the light; it is the "lamp" or candle of the body, the light-conveying principle. If…