Luke 11:36 “So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness…”

Luke 11:36

So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

World English Bible

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”

American Standard Version

If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

Geneva Bible 1599

If therefore thy whole body shall be light, hauing no part darke, then shall all be light, euen as when a candle doth light thee with the brightnesse.

Darby Translation

If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.

Young's Literal Translation

if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

Bible in Basic English

If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

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Cross references

“the whole”

Proverbs 20:27 Proverbs 6:23 2 Corinthians 4:6 Proverbs 1:5 2 Timothy 3:15–17 2 Peter 3:18

Proverbs 20:27 · BSB

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

Proverbs 6:23 · BSB

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

2 Corinthians 4:6 · BSB

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 1:5 · BSB

let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

2 Timothy 3:15–17 · BSB

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Peter 3:18 · BSB

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

37As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

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