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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你若全身明亮，沒有一點黑暗，你就完全明亮，好像明亮的燈光照你一樣。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
若 是 你 全 身 光 明 ， 毫 无 黑 暗 ， 就 必 全 然 光 明 ， 如 同 灯 的 明 光 照 亮 你 。

Contextual Overview

²⁹ As the crowd grew larger, Jesus said, "The people who live today are evil. They want to see a miracle for a sign, but no sign will be given them, except the sign of Jonah. ³⁰ As Jonah was a sign for those people who lived in Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this time. ³¹ On the Judgment Day the Queen of the South will stand up with the people who live now. She will show they are guilty, because she came from far away to listen to Solomon's wise teaching. And I tell you that someone greater than Solomon is here. ³² On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up with the people who live now, and they will show that you are guilty. When Jonah preached to them, they were sorry and changed their lives. And I tell you that someone greater than Jonah is here. ³³ "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a secret place or under a bowl, but on a lampstand so the people who come in can see. ³⁴ Your eye is a light for the body. When your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But when your eyes are evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. ³⁵ So be careful not to let the light in you become darkness. ³⁶ If your whole body is full of light, and none of it is dark, then you will shine bright, as when a lamp shines on you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the whole: Psalms 119:97-105, Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 2:1-11, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 6:23, Proverbs 20:27, Isaiah 8:20, Isaiah 42:16, Hosea 6:3, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:12, Matthew 13:52, Mark 4:24, Mark 4:25, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 4:14, Colossians 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Hebrews 5:14, James 1:25, 2 Peter 3:18

the bright shining of a candle: Gr. a candle by its bright shining

Reciprocal: 2 Timothy 1:10 - and hath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thy whole body therefore be full of light,.... That is, if the whole soul, as the Ethiopic version reads, be full of Gospel light, through the illuminating influences of the blessed Spirit accompanying the word:

having no part dark; every power and faculty of the soul being affected with it, and influenced by it, though, as yet, the light and knowledge of evangelical things is not perfect in any:

the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light; the whole soul shall be as full of light and joy, which the Gospel always brings with it, as a room is full of light, when a candle is lighted, and shines brightly, and burns clearly in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15; Matthew 6:22-23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 11:36. The whole shall be full of light — Or, altogether enlightened; i.e. when the eye is perfect, it enlightens the whole body. Every object within the reach of the eye is as completely seen as if there was an eye in every part. So the eye is to every part of the body what the lamp is to every part of the house.

When the light of Christ dwells fully in the heart, it extends its influence to every thought, word, and action; and directs its possessor how he is to act in all places and circumstances. It is of the utmost importance to have the soul properly influenced by the wisdom that comes from above. The doctrine that is contrary to the Gospel may say, Ignorance is the mother of devotion; but Christ shows that there can be no devotion without heavenly light. Ignorance is the mother of superstition; but with this the heavenly light has nothing to do.