Matthew 6:22-23

[Lil Red]

+JMJ+
i may very well be dense, but
[quote]"The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;
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but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.[/quote]
could you explain these verses please?

[cappie]

To illustrate the results of right and wrong attitudes to material things, Jesus referred to a local belief about the results of good and bad eyesight. People believed that eyes were like windows that allowed light to enter the body and keep it in good health. Healthy eyes meant a healthy body (light); diseased eyes meant a diseased body (darkness). A healthy view of material things will result in a healthy spiritual life; but an unhealthy view will mean that the natural spiritual darkness already in the heart will become even darker (Matt 6:22, 23). A person can be a slave of only one master at a time. If people devote their attention to increasing their prosperity and comfort, they can no longer claim to be loyal to God (Matt 6:24).

[CatherineM]

Here are some bible verses to read to further illistrate.


Proverbs 15:30
Sirach 14:8-10, 23:19
Deuteronomy 15:9