KJV ORIGINAL
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your eye is like the window that lets light into your whole body. When your vision is clear and focused, your entire being gets filled with light.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
What you focus on shapes your whole world — so choose to see clearly.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Matthew, traditionally attributed to the apostle Matthew, was likely written for a community of Jewish Christians in Syria or Palestine around 70-
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