Luke 6:39

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

ASV

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

LSV

And He spoke an allegory to them, “Is blind able to lead blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

YLT

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

DBY

And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?

DRC

And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch?

GNV

And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Εἶπεν δὲ καὶ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς· Μήτι δύναται τυφλὸς τυφλὸν ὁδηγεῖν; οὐχὶ ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον ἐμπεσοῦνται;

RP2018

Εἶπεν δὲ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς, Μήτι δύναται τυφλὸς τυφλὸν ὁδηγεῖν; Οὐχὶ ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται;

TR-Boyd

Εἶπε δὲ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς, Μήτι δύναται τυφλὸς τυφλὸν ὁδηγεῖν; Οὐχὶ ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται;

SCR1894

ειπεν δε παραβολην αυτοις μητι δυναται τυφλος τυφλον οδηγειν ουχι αμφοτεροι εις βοθυνον πεσουνται

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• Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• 2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Isaiah 9:16For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
• Matthew 23:16–26Woe 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.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple…
• 1 Timothy 6:3–5If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies…
• Jeremiah 14:15–16Therefore 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…
• Zechariah 11:15–17And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor…
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
• Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
• Micah 3:6–7Therefore 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. Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will…

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