Luke 6:39

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“Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?”

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BSBPD

“Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:39 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 9:16For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
  2. Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
  3. Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
  5. Jeremiah 14:15Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
  6. Micah 3:6Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
  7. Zechariah 11:15And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
  8. Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
  9. Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
  10. Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
  11. Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
  12. 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
  13. 2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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