The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 13:23

1830 Edition

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Influences

Matthew 6:23 (KJV)
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Changes

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Simple English

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light inside you is really darkness, how dark that is!

Paraphrase

But when your eye is clouded, your whole body is full of darkness. If the light inside you is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!