Luke 6:39
And He spoke an allegory to them, “Is blind able to lead blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?
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40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone perfected will be as his teacher.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:16And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, || And its eulogized ones are consumed.
Jeremiah 6:15They were ashamed when they did abomination! Indeed, they are not at all ashamed, || Indeed, they have not known blushing, || Therefore they fall among those falling, || In the time I have inspected them, || They stumble,” said YHWH.
Jeremiah 14:15Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.
Zechariah 11:15And YHWH says to me, “Again take to yourself the instrument of a foolish shepherd.
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple—is debtor!
Romans 2:19and have confidence that you yourself are a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,
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 →