Berean Standard Bible
“Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.”
Jesus is responding to a crowd that keeps asking for a sign, and he speaks of light not being hidden under a bowl. He then turns to how a person receives light.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
World English Bible (WEB)
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then your eye may be simple, your whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, your body also is darkened;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
La antorcha del cuerpo es el ojo: pues si tu ojo fuere simple, también todo tu cuerpo será resplandeciente; mas si fuere malo, también tu cuerpo será tenebroso.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Tus ojos son la lámpara de tu cuerpo. Si tus ojos ven con claridad, toda tu vida se llenará de luz. Pero si al ver hay confusión, toda tu vida estará en tinieblas.
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