Matthew 6:22 (WEB)

Passage

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Matthew 6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 6:23 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!

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "lamp", "body", "therefore", "sound", "whole", and "full". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "lamp", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "for where your treasure is there your..." into verse 23's "But if your eye is evil your...", so "light" and "lamp" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "lamp" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.