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Luke 6:39

He spake, moreover, a parable also, unto them: Can, the blind, guide, the blind? will not, both, fall into, a ditch?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will they give into your lap; for, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured back unto you.

40A disciple is not above the teacher; but, when trained, every one shall be as his teacher.

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:16And they who should have led this people forward have been causing them to stray,—And, they who are led of them are destroyed,

Jeremiah 6:15Were they led to turn pale because an abominable thing, they had done! Nay! they did not, at all turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame, Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when I punish them, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh.

Jeremiah 14:15Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh concerning the prophets who are prophesying in my Name though, I, sent them not, and yet, they have been, saying, Neither sword nor famine, shall there be in this land,—By sword or by famine, shall, those prophets, be consumed;

Zechariah 11:15Then said Yahweh unto me,—Yet further take thee the implements of a worthless shepherd.

Matthew 23:16Alas for you, blind guides! that say—Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound:

Romans 2:19Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art—a guide of the blind, a light of them that 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 →

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