Matthew 6:23-25
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
23 But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your [a]conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be [b]against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon ([c]deceitful riches, money, possessions, or [d]whatever is trusted in).
25 Therefore I tell you, stop being [e]perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
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- Matthew 6:23 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:24 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:24 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:24 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:25 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
Matthew 6:23-25
King James Version
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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Matthew 6:23-25
New King James Version
23 But if your eye is [a]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. (B)You cannot serve God and [b]mammon.
Do Not Worry(C)
25 “Therefore I say to you, (D)do 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?
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- Matthew 6:23 Evil, or unhealthy
- Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
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