Matthew 6:22,24 - Compare All Versions
Matthew 6:22 NIV (New International Version)
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24 NIV (New International Version)
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:22 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light
Matthew 6:24 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew 6:22 NLT (New Living Translation)
“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light.
Matthew 6:24 NLT (New Living Translation)
“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.
Matthew 6:22 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
“No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:22 KJV (King James Version)
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Matthew 6:24 KJV (King James Version)
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:22 NKJV (New King James Version)
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24 NKJV (New King James Version)
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:22-23 MSG (The Message)
“Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a musty cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!
Matthew 6:24 MSG (The Message)
“You can’t worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you’ll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can’t worship God and Money both.
Matthew 6:22 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then, if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Matthew 6:22 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“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].
Matthew 6:24 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].
Matthew 6:22 NET (New English Translation)
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24 NET (New English Translation)
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.