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Soοὖνsee to itσκόπειthatμὴthe lightτὸ φῶς τὸinἐνyouσοὶis notμὴ ἐστίνdarkness.σκότος
Luke 11:35
Study it in the app“So see to it that the light in you is not darkness.”
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Luke 11:35, word by word
- see to itσκόπειskopei
watch, consider
Look at, watch out for, pay attention to, consider.
Where else “skopei” appears- the lightφῶςphōs
God's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōs” appears- is notἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- darknessσκότοςskotos
darkness
Darkness.
Where else “skotos” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The eye is the lamp of the body
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Luke 11:34-36
34The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35So see to it that the light in you is not darkness. 36So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its brightness gives light to you.”
22“The lamp of the body is the eye. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; 23but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
The context
34The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
35 · This verse (above)
36So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its brightness gives light to you.”
To study Luke 11 in a group
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?