Luke 6:39

And he put foorth a similitude vnto them: Can the blynde leade the blynde? Do they not both fall into the ditche?

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

In Context

38Geue, and it shalbe geuen vnto you: good measure, pressed downe, & shaken together, and runnyng ouer, shall men geue into your bosomes. For with the same measure that ye meate withall, shall other men meate to you agayne.

40The disciple is not aboue his maister: But whosoeuer wylbe a perfect disciple, shalbe as his maister is.

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:16For the guides of this people are deceauers, and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost.

Matthew 23:16Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides: for ye say, whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is a detter.

Romans 2:19And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse,

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49

Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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