Luke 6:39
He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
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40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:16For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says the LORD.
Jeremiah 14:15Therefore the LORD says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ Those prophets will be consumed by sword and famine.
Zechariah 11:15The LORD said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Matthew 23:16“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
Romans 2:19and are confident that you yourself are 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 →