How Is the Eye the Lamp of the Body?

Sermon on the Mount E27 – Jesus continues addressing our relationship to money and possessions with a riddle about the eye being the lamp of the body–a reference to a common cultural metaphor in which “having a bad eye” meant someone was stingy. By saying that the eye is the lamp of the body, Jesus highlights how our relationship to our possessions reflects our true character. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Michelle explore how generosity creates possibility, while clinging tightly to our stuff causes us to lose everything.

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Timestamps

• Chapter 1: Lay Up Treasures in Heaven (0:00-6:58) • Chapter 2: The Riddle Goes Like This (6:58-25:50) • Chapter 3: Light and Dark (25:50-30:14) • Chapter 4: The Generous Eye Creates Possibility (30:14-39:08)

Referenced Resources

Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon • by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing • by Jonathan T. Pennington • Check out Tim’s library here. • You can experience our entire library of resources in the BibleProject app, available for Android • and iOS • .

Show Music

• “Bushwick” by cocabona • “The Upper Room” by The Doppelgangaz • “Cookie” by Benno • Original Sermon on the Mount music by Richie Kohen • BibleProject theme song by TENTS

Show Credits

Jon Collins is the creative producer for today’s show, and Tim Mackie is the lead scholar. Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer; Cooper Peltz, managing producer; Colin Wilson, producer; Stephanie Tam, consultant and editor. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer. Frank Garza and Aaron Olsen edited today's episode. Aaron Olsen also provided our sound design and mix. Nina Simone does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Today’s hosts are Jon Collins and Michelle Jones.

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