Luke 11:34
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Cross-references
2 Kings 6:15-20 shows Elisha opening his servant's eyes to see God's army—illustrating the spiritual sight a healthy eye enables.
Isaiah 6:10 describes God closing eyes to prevent understanding—the exact opposite of a healthy eye that lets in light.
Isaiah 29:10 has God sealing the eyes of prophets—spiritual blindness that contrasts with the light-filled body from a good eye.
Isaiah 42:19 asks who is blind like God's servant—highlighting the spiritual blindness that Luke's 'bad eye' represents.
Isaiah 44:18 says eyes are plastered over so they cannot see—a vivid parallel to the darkened body from a bad eye.
Jeremiah 5:21 calls people foolish with eyes that do not see—echoing the same spiritual blindness Luke warns against.
Matthew 6:22 contains the identical saying about the eye as the lamp of the body — a direct parallel teaching.
Matthew 6:23 completes the contrast, describing the unhealthy eye causing darkness — exactly matching the second half of this verse.
Mark 4:12 describes seeing but not perceiving — spiritual blindness that parallels the 'bad eye' leaving the body full of darkness.
Acts 26:18 describes opening eyes to turn from darkness to light, using the same spiritual illumination metaphor as the eye being a lamp.
Romans 11:8-10 states God gave eyes that cannot see — spiritual blindness that mirrors the darkness from a bad eye.
2 Corinthians 4:4 says the god of this age blinds minds from seeing the gospel — directly parallels the bad eye causing spiritual darkness.
John 9:39 says Jesus came so the blind may see and those who see become blind — directly about spiritual sight versus blindness.
Mark 7:22 lists 'evil eye' (envy) as an inner sin — the same Greek phrase for a bad eye that darkens the whole body.
Psalm 119:18 prays for opened eyes to see wonders in God's law, paralleling the spiritual sight that a healthy eye brings light.
Mark 8:18 rebukes having eyes but not seeing, illustrating the spiritual blindness that an unhealthy eye brings.