Discovery BoxMatthew 6:22 
Context6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, 1 your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 9:12
Context9:12 When 2 Jesus heard this he said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 3
Matthew 12:13
Context12:13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, 4 as healthy as the other.
Matthew 15:31
Context15:31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
1 tn Or “sound” (so L&N 23.132 and most scholars). A few scholars take this word to mean something like “generous” here (L&N 57.107). partly due to the immediate context concerning money, in which case the “eye” is a metonymy for the entire person (“if you are generous”).
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 sn Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is healthy (or who thinks mistakenly that he is) will not seek treatment.
4 sn The passive was restored points to healing by God. Now the question became: Would God exercise his power through Jesus, if what Jesus was doing were wrong? Note also Jesus’ “labor.” He simply spoke and it was so.
