KJV King James Version
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
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Luke 6:39
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
WEB World English Bible
He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
ASV American Standard Version
And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he spake a simile to them, ‘Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
Surrounding context — Luke 6
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
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εἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayδὲG1161 · dethenκαὶG2532 · kaiandπαραβολὴνG3850 · parabolēparableαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heμήτιG3385 · mētisurely notδύναταιG1410 · dunamaibe ableτυφλὸςG5185 · tuphlosblindτυφλὸνG5185 · tuphlosblindὁδηγεῖν;G3594 · hodēgeōto guideοὐχὶG3780 · ouchinot!ἀμφότεροιG297 · amphoterosbothεἰςG1519 · eistowardβόθυνονG999 · bothunospitἐμπεσοῦνται;¶G1706 · empiptōto fall into
Cross-references
Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.Matthew 23:16-26Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!1 Timothy 6:3-5If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;Jeremiah 14:15-16Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.Zechariah 11:15-17And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.Isaiah 9:16For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.Matthew 23:33[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time [that] I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Romans 2:19And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,Micah 3:6-7Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
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