Luke 6:39

Now he told also a mashal to them. Surely an ivver is not able to guide an ivver, is he? Will not both fall into a pit?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, having been pressed down and having been shaken, overflowing, will be put into your kheyk (lap). For by what measure you measure it will be measured in return to you. + 6:38 Ps 79:12; Isa 65:6,7

40A talmid is not above his moreh. But everyone, having been fully trained, will be like his moreh (teacher).

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:16Therefore Adonoi shall have no joy in their bocherim, 1 neither shall have mercy on their yetomim and almanot; 1 for every one is a chanef (g-dless, hypocritical) and an evildoer, 1 and every mouth speaketh nevalah (folly). 1 For all this His anger is not turned away, 1 but His yad is upraised still. 1

Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed 1 when they had committed to'evah (abomination)? 1 They were not at all ashamed, 1 neither could they blush; 1 therefore they shall fall among them that fall; 1 at the time that I visit them [in punishment] 1 they shall be brought down, saith Hashem. 1

Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus saith Hashem concerning the nevi'im that prophesy in My Shem, and I sent them not, yet they say, Cherev and ra'av (famine) shall not be in HaAretz Hazot; By cherev and ra'av (famine) shall those nevi'im be consumed.

Zechariah 11:15And Hashem said unto me, Take unto thee yet the keli (implements) of a foolish ro'eh (shepherd).

Matthew 23:16Oy to you, morei derech ivrim (blind guides), the, ones saying, Whoever swears by the Beis Hamikdash, it is a worthless shevuah (oath): but whoever swears by the gold of the Beis Hamikdash, he is obligated.

Romans 2:19And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,

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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