LUKE 11:35

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

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Luke 11:35 Translation & Meaning

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Take heed that σκόπει To take aim at (spy), i.e., (figuratively) regard Take heed
therefore οὖν (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly therefore
the τὸ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
light φῶς Luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) light
which τὸ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) which
is in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc is in
thee σοὶ To thee thee
be ἐστίν He (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are be
not μὴ (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether not
darkness. σκότος Shadiness, i.e., obscurity (literally or figuratively) darkness

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  • 33  No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

  • 34  The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

  • 35  Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

  • 36  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.

  • 37  And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.




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