Matthew 6:23 But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inne...

6:23 AMP

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Amplified Bible - But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!
新标点和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
当代译本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。如果你里面的光黑暗了，那黑暗是多么大啊！
圣经新译本 - 如果你的眼睛有毛病，全身就都黑暗。如果你里面的光变成黑暗，这是多么的黑暗！
中文标准译本 - 如果你的眼睛污浊，你的全身就黑暗。因此，光如果在你里面成了黑暗，那是多么大的黑暗！
现代标点和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！
和合本（拼音版） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
New International Version - But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
New International Reader's Version - But suppose your eyes can’t see well. Then your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light inside you is darkness, then it is very dark!
English Standard Version - but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
New Living Translation - But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
Christian Standard Bible - But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!
New American Standard Bible - But 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!
New King James Version - But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
American Standard Version - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
King James Version - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
New English Translation - But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
World English Bible - But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
新標點和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏頭的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」
當代譯本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。如果你裡面的光黑暗了，那黑暗是多麼大啊！
聖經新譯本 - 如果你的眼睛有毛病，全身就都黑暗。如果你裡面的光變成黑暗，這是多麼的黑暗！
呂振中譯本 - 你眼睛若小器，你全身就黑暗。所以那在你裏面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢。
中文標準譯本 - 如果你的眼睛汙濁，你的全身就黑暗。因此，光如果在你裡面成了黑暗，那是多麼大的黑暗！
現代標點和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裡頭的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！
文理和合譯本 - 目眊則全身暗、爾衷之光若暗、其暗大哉、
文理委辦譯本 - 目眊則全身暗、爾光若暗、其暗大哉、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 目耗則全身暗、爾內之光若暗、其暗何其大哉、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 目不正則身陷晦冥。是故心光若晦、則晦之為晦、又將何如！
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero, si tu visión está nublada, todo tu ser estará en oscuridad. Si la luz que hay en ti es oscuridad, ¡qué densa será esa oscuridad!
현대인의 성경 - 네 눈이 나쁘면 온 몸이 어두울 것이다. 만일 네 안에 있는 빛이 아주 사라져 버린다면 네 마음이 얼마나 어둡겠느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - Но если глаз у тебя дурной , то все твое тело будет полно тьмы. Если свет, который в тебе – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
Восточный перевод - Но если глаз у тебя замутнён , то всё твоё тело будет полно тьмы. И если свет, который в тебе, – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но если глаз у тебя замутнён , то всё твоё тело будет полно тьмы. И если свет, который в тебе, – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но если глаз у тебя замутнён , то всё твоё тело будет полно тьмы. И если свет, который в тебе, – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si tes yeux sont malades, tout ton corps sera plongé dans l’obscurité. Si donc la lumière qui est en toi est obscurcie, dans quelles ténèbres profondes te trouveras-tu !
リビングバイブル - しかし、目が悪い考えや欲望でくもっているなら、あなたのたましいは暗闇の中にいるのです。その暗闇のなんと深いことでしょうか。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. εἰ οὖν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος ἐστίν, τὸ σκότος πόσον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. εἰ οὖν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος, ἐστίν τὸ σκότος πόσον!
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, se os seus olhos forem maus, todo o seu corpo será cheio de trevas. Portanto, se a luz que está dentro de você são trevas, que tremendas trevas são!
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn sie aber durch Neid oder Habgier getrübt sind, ist es dunkel in dir. Und wie tief ist diese Finsternis, wenn das Licht in deinem Innern erloschen ist!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng nếu mắt bị quáng lòa, cả thân thể sẽ tối tăm, và cảnh tối tăm này thật là khủng khiếp!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่ถ้าตาของท่านเสีย ทั้งกายของท่านก็จะเต็มไปด้วยความมืด หากความสว่างในท่านเป็นความมืดมน ความมืดนั้นจะหนาทึบสักเพียงใด!
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ถ้าดวงตาของท่านไม่ดี ทั่วทั้งร่างกายของท่านจะมีแต่ความมืด ฉะนั้นถ้าความสว่างในตัวท่านคือความมืดแล้ว มันจะมืดมากเพียงไร

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Mark 7:22 - acts of greed and covetousness, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained conduct, envy and jealousy, slander and profanity, arrogance and self-righteousness and foolishness (poor judgment).
Matthew 20:15 - Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
Jeremiah 8:8 - “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us [and we are learned in its language and teachings]’? Behold, [the truth is that] the lying pen of the scribes Has made the law into a lie [a mere code of ceremonial observances].
Jeremiah 8:9 - The wise men are shamed, They are dismayed and caught. Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord, And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?
Revelation 3:17 - Because you say, “I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need],
Revelation 3:18 - I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.
John 9:39 - Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
John 9:40 - Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
John 9:41 - Jesus said to them, “If you were blind [to spiritual things], you would have no sin [and would not be blamed for your unbelief]; but since you claim to have [spiritual] sight, [you have no excuse so] your sin and guilt remain.
Matthew 23:16 - “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, that is nothing (non-binding); but whoever swears [an oath] by the gold of the temple is obligated [as a debtor to fulfill his vow and keep his promise].’
Matthew 23:17 - You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the sanctuary of the temple that sanctified the gold?
Matthew 23:18 - And [you scribes and Pharisees say], ‘Whoever swears [an oath] by the altar, that is nothing (non-binding), but whoever swears [an oath] by the offering on it, he is obligated [as a debtor to fulfill his vow and keep his promise].’
Matthew 23:19 - You [spiritually] blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?
Matthew 23:20 - Therefore, whoever swears [an oath] by the altar, swears both by it and by everything [offered] on it.
Matthew 23:21 - And whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells within it.
Matthew 23:22 - And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.
Matthew 23:23 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
Matthew 23:24 - You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!
Matthew 23:25 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed).
Matthew 23:26 - You [spiritually] blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate [examine and change your inner self to conform to God’s precepts], so that the outside [your public life and deeds] may be clean also.
Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
Matthew 23:28 - So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Isaiah 8:20 - [Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Luke 8:10 - And He said, “To you [who have been chosen] it has been granted to know and recognize the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Ephesians 5:8 - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
1 Corinthians 2:14 - But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matters].
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
Isaiah 5:20 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:21 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever and shrewd in their own sight!
Ephesians 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
Proverbs 26:12 - Do you see a man [who is unteachable and] wise in his own eyes and full of self-conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Matthew 6:22 - “The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts].
Romans 2:17 - But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God,
Romans 2:18 - and [if you claim to] know His will and approve the things that are essential or have a sense of what is excellent, based on your instruction from the Law,
Romans 2:19 - and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,
Romans 2:20 - and [that you are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the [spiritually] childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—
Romans 2:21 - well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?
Romans 2:22 - You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob [pagan] temples [of valuable idols and offerings]?
Romans 2:23 - You who boast in the Law, do you [repeatedly] dishonor God by breaking the Law?
Isaiah 44:18 - They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 - No one remembers, nor has knowledge and understanding [enough] to say [to himself], “I have burned half of this log in the fire, and also baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. Then I make the rest of it into an repulsive thing [to God]; I bow down [to worship] before a block of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
1 John 2:11 - But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Jeremiah 4:22 - “For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah]; “They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are shrewd [enough] to do evil, But they do not know [how] to do good.”
1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?

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Amplified Bible - But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!
新标点和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
当代译本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。如果你里面的光黑暗了，那黑暗是多么大啊！
圣经新译本 - 如果你的眼睛有毛病，全身就都黑暗。如果你里面的光变成黑暗，这是多么的黑暗！
中文标准译本 - 如果你的眼睛污浊，你的全身就黑暗。因此，光如果在你里面成了黑暗，那是多么大的黑暗！
现代标点和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！
和合本（拼音版） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！”
New International Version - But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
New International Reader's Version - But suppose your eyes can’t see well. Then your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light inside you is darkness, then it is very dark!
English Standard Version - but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
New Living Translation - But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
Christian Standard Bible - But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!
New American Standard Bible - But 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!
New King James Version - But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
American Standard Version - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
King James Version - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
New English Translation - But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
World English Bible - But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
新標點和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏頭的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」
當代譯本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。如果你裡面的光黑暗了，那黑暗是多麼大啊！
聖經新譯本 - 如果你的眼睛有毛病，全身就都黑暗。如果你裡面的光變成黑暗，這是多麼的黑暗！
呂振中譯本 - 你眼睛若小器，你全身就黑暗。所以那在你裏面的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢。
中文標準譯本 - 如果你的眼睛汙濁，你的全身就黑暗。因此，光如果在你裡面成了黑暗，那是多麼大的黑暗！
現代標點和合本 - 你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裡頭的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！
文理和合譯本 - 目眊則全身暗、爾衷之光若暗、其暗大哉、
文理委辦譯本 - 目眊則全身暗、爾光若暗、其暗大哉、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 目耗則全身暗、爾內之光若暗、其暗何其大哉、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 目不正則身陷晦冥。是故心光若晦、則晦之為晦、又將何如！
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero, si tu visión está nublada, todo tu ser estará en oscuridad. Si la luz que hay en ti es oscuridad, ¡qué densa será esa oscuridad!
현대인의 성경 - 네 눈이 나쁘면 온 몸이 어두울 것이다. 만일 네 안에 있는 빛이 아주 사라져 버린다면 네 마음이 얼마나 어둡겠느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - Но если глаз у тебя дурной , то все твое тело будет полно тьмы. Если свет, который в тебе – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
Восточный перевод - Но если глаз у тебя замутнён , то всё твоё тело будет полно тьмы. И если свет, который в тебе, – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но если глаз у тебя замутнён , то всё твоё тело будет полно тьмы. И если свет, который в тебе, – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но если глаз у тебя замутнён , то всё твоё тело будет полно тьмы. И если свет, который в тебе, – тьма, то какова же тогда тьма!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si tes yeux sont malades, tout ton corps sera plongé dans l’obscurité. Si donc la lumière qui est en toi est obscurcie, dans quelles ténèbres profondes te trouveras-tu !
リビングバイブル - しかし、目が悪い考えや欲望でくもっているなら、あなたのたましいは暗闇の中にいるのです。その暗闇のなんと深いことでしょうか。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. εἰ οὖν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος ἐστίν, τὸ σκότος πόσον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. εἰ οὖν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος, ἐστίν τὸ σκότος πόσον!
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, se os seus olhos forem maus, todo o seu corpo será cheio de trevas. Portanto, se a luz que está dentro de você são trevas, que tremendas trevas são!
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn sie aber durch Neid oder Habgier getrübt sind, ist es dunkel in dir. Und wie tief ist diese Finsternis, wenn das Licht in deinem Innern erloschen ist!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng nếu mắt bị quáng lòa, cả thân thể sẽ tối tăm, và cảnh tối tăm này thật là khủng khiếp!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่ถ้าตาของท่านเสีย ทั้งกายของท่านก็จะเต็มไปด้วยความมืด หากความสว่างในท่านเป็นความมืดมน ความมืดนั้นจะหนาทึบสักเพียงใด!
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ถ้าดวงตาของท่านไม่ดี ทั่วทั้งร่างกายของท่านจะมีแต่ความมืด ฉะนั้นถ้าความสว่างในตัวท่านคือความมืดแล้ว มันจะมืดมากเพียงไร

Mark 7:22 - acts of greed and covetousness, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained conduct, envy and jealousy, slander and profanity, arrogance and self-righteousness and foolishness (poor judgment).
Matthew 20:15 - Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
Jeremiah 8:8 - “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us [and we are learned in its language and teachings]’? Behold, [the truth is that] the lying pen of the scribes Has made the law into a lie [a mere code of ceremonial observances].
Jeremiah 8:9 - The wise men are shamed, They are dismayed and caught. Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord, And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?
Revelation 3:17 - Because you say, “I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need],
Revelation 3:18 - I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.
John 9:39 - Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
John 9:40 - Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
John 9:41 - Jesus said to them, “If you were blind [to spiritual things], you would have no sin [and would not be blamed for your unbelief]; but since you claim to have [spiritual] sight, [you have no excuse so] your sin and guilt remain.
Matthew 23:16 - “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, that is nothing (non-binding); but whoever swears [an oath] by the gold of the temple is obligated [as a debtor to fulfill his vow and keep his promise].’
Matthew 23:17 - You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the sanctuary of the temple that sanctified the gold?
Matthew 23:18 - And [you scribes and Pharisees say], ‘Whoever swears [an oath] by the altar, that is nothing (non-binding), but whoever swears [an oath] by the offering on it, he is obligated [as a debtor to fulfill his vow and keep his promise].’
Matthew 23:19 - You [spiritually] blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?
Matthew 23:20 - Therefore, whoever swears [an oath] by the altar, swears both by it and by everything [offered] on it.
Matthew 23:21 - And whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells within it.
Matthew 23:22 - And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.
Matthew 23:23 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
Matthew 23:24 - You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!
Matthew 23:25 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed).
Matthew 23:26 - You [spiritually] blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate [examine and change your inner self to conform to God’s precepts], so that the outside [your public life and deeds] may be clean also.
Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
Matthew 23:28 - So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Isaiah 8:20 - [Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Luke 8:10 - And He said, “To you [who have been chosen] it has been granted to know and recognize the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Ephesians 5:8 - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
1 Corinthians 2:14 - But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matters].
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
Isaiah 5:20 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:21 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever and shrewd in their own sight!
Ephesians 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
Proverbs 26:12 - Do you see a man [who is unteachable and] wise in his own eyes and full of self-conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Matthew 6:22 - “The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts].
Romans 2:17 - But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God,
Romans 2:18 - and [if you claim to] know His will and approve the things that are essential or have a sense of what is excellent, based on your instruction from the Law,
Romans 2:19 - and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,
Romans 2:20 - and [that you are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the [spiritually] childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—
Romans 2:21 - well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?
Romans 2:22 - You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob [pagan] temples [of valuable idols and offerings]?
Romans 2:23 - You who boast in the Law, do you [repeatedly] dishonor God by breaking the Law?
Isaiah 44:18 - They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 - No one remembers, nor has knowledge and understanding [enough] to say [to himself], “I have burned half of this log in the fire, and also baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. Then I make the rest of it into an repulsive thing [to God]; I bow down [to worship] before a block of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
1 John 2:11 - But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Jeremiah 4:22 - “For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah]; “They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are shrewd [enough] to do evil, But they do not know [how] to do good.”
1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?