3 Ne 13:21-25
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The Book of Mormon > Third Nephi > Chapter 13
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Questions
- Verse 22: What does Jesus mean when he says that the light of the body is the eye?
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Lexical notes
- Verse 24: Dictionary sources indicate that mammon means riches: LDS BD, Webster's 1828 dictionary, and the Greek interlinear Bible.
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Exegesis
- Verse 22: The eye can be symbolic of where we are looking spiritually. If we are looking to God and have an eye single to the glory of God, then other people will see this as we let our light shine before them being examples by doing Christ's work.
- Verse 24: Jesus tells us here that we cannot serve both God and Mammon. To truly serve God we must serve him only. Other scriptures give us the same message with different words. Throughout the Book of Mormon we see the phrase full purpose of heart (see the Related Links section for references). The footnote refers us to Hosea 10:2 where Israel is criticized for having a divided heart.
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Related links
- Click here for a list of scriptures with the phrase "full purpose of heart."
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