23But 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!
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! …
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-24)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 of religion, than by this; and therefore Christ, having warned us against coveting the praise of men , proceeds next to warn us against coveting the wealth of the world; in this also we must take hee…
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