Matthew 6: 22-23: "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 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." The words spoken by Jesus were an idiom. For example, if I said, "It sure is raining cats and dogs." You would know that I meant that it was really pouring. People from another time period might argue whether it was really raining cats and dogs. However, you would know what I meant. In Hebrew idioms, having a good eye that was full of light meant you were generous to others and you looked on other people positively. To the contrary, to say the eye is bad and full of darkness meant you were stingy and had a negative outlook on other people. Jesus is teaching us to look at people in the light most positive about them. Don't think the worst about people, even if they deserve it. Be kind and try to help those in need. If you want to change the world, start with you.
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