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These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15 ; Matthew 6:22-23 .
Sayings about Light. With Luke 11:33 ; cf. Luke 8:16 (= Mark 4:21 ; Matthew 5:15 ). With Luke 11:34 f. cf. Matthew 6:22 f.* Luke 11:36...
Take heed . Seq. Greek. skopeo. Occurs only here Romans 16:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:18 ; Galatians 1:6 ; Galatians 1:1 . Philippians 1:2 ; Philip...
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
When thine eye is single, &c.— That they might understand his parable, and be excited to make a proper improvement of the noble faculty, or pow...
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. Se...
The Lord's Prayer. The Sign of Jonah 1-4. The Lord's Prayer ( Matthew 6:9-15 ). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is p...
Inward light and darkness. Christ is still rebuking those who refused to believe in Him without a special sign from heaven. In St. Matthew these vv...
Take heed therefore that the light... — Better, See to it whether the light that is in thee be darkness. This takes the place in St. Luke’s repor...
Dark and Foul within Luke 11:33-44 “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,” Proverbs 20:27 . How many unlit candles there are! Will you...
Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfo...
(29) And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be give...
Take heed therefore ,.... By attending to the light of the Gospel, shining in the ministration of it, and do not neglect and despise it: that the...
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. Ver. 35-36. See Matthew 6:22,23
No man, when he hath lighted a candle The meaning is, God gives you this gospel-light, that ye may repent. Let your eye be singly fixed on him, aim...
Valuable Instruction as to Prayer (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His F...
The Sign of the Prophet Jonah. 29 And when the people were gathered thick togethe...
“Look therefore whether the light that is in you is not darkness.” Thus all must consider themselves carefully, for sadly some may still think that...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 11:14 . Casting out a devil .—There seems to be little doubt that this miracle is the same as that in Matthew 12:22 , as wr...
Luke 11:35 I. Through the avenues of conscience, which is to the soul what the eye is to the body, communications from God are always pouring in....
Luke 11:14-15 . And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wo...
Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the p...
The light of the body is the eye The single eye The eye is evil when the vision is incorrect, double; is single when it lays hold of one object...
EXPOSITION Luke 11:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the subject of prayer. Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note...
Parabolic warnings:
1 Corinthians 1:19-21 ; 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 ; 2 Peter 1:9 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; Isaiah 5:20 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; James 3:13-17 ; Jeremiah 8:8 ; Jere...
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.