Luke 6:39
“And hee spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?”
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Luke 6:39 Context
37Iudge not, and ye shall not bee iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgiue, and ye shall be forgiuen. 38Giue, and it shall bee giuen vnto you, good measure, preassed downe, and shaken together, and running ouer, shall men giue into your bosome: for with the same measure that ye mete withall, it shall bee measured to you againe. 39And hee spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? Shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40The disciple is not aboue his master: but euery one that is perfect shalbe as his master. 41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?
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Other Translations for Luke 6:39
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
- King James Version
And He also spoke a parable to them: "A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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 (1901)
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?
- Basic English Bible
And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?
- Darby Bible
And he spoke a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?
- Webster's Bible
He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?
- Weymouth Bible
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
- World English Bible
And he seide to hem a liknesse, Whether the blynde may leede the blynde? ne fallen thei not bothe `in to the diche?
- Wycliffe Bible
And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 6:39
6:39 He spake a parable - Our Lord sometimes used parables when he knew plain and open declarations would too much inflame the passions of his hearers. It is for this reason he uses this parable, Can the blind lead the blind? - Can the scribes teach this way, which they know not themselves? Will not they and their scholars perish together? Can they make their disciples any better than themselves? But as for those who will be my disciples, they shall be all taught of God; who will enable them to come to the measure of the stature of the fulness of their Master. Be not ye like their disciples, censuring others, and not amending yourselves. #Mt 15:14|.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 6:39
Lu 6:39 Can the blind lead the blind? See notes on "Mt 15:14".