Luke 6:39
And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a ditch?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
40A disciple is not above his teacher; but every one when fully instructed will be as his teacher.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:16For the leaders of this people lead them astray, And they that are led by them go to destruction.
Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush; Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets Who prophesy in my name, though I sent them not, But who themselves say, “The sword and famine shall not be in this land”: By the sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Zechariah 11:15And Jehovah said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gold of the temple, is bound.
Romans 2:19and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light to those who are 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 →