Luke 6:39
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And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch?

Can.

Isaiah 9:16 And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.

Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

Matthew 23:16-26 Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple is a debtor. . . .

Romans 2:19 Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

1 Timothy 6:3-5 If any man teach otherwise and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to that doctrine which is according to godliness, . . .

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,

shall.

Jeremiah 6:15 They were confounded, because they committed abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12 They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 14:15,16 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, whom I did not send, that say: Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. . . .

Micah 3:6,7 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him. . . .

Zechariah 11:15-17 And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. . . .

Matthew 23:33 You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?

Context
Do Not Judge
38Give: and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. 39And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch? 40The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

Lexicon
[Jesus] also told
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a parable:
παραβολὴν (parabolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.

“Can
δύναται (dynatai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

a blind [man]
τυφλὸς (typhlos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5185: Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.

lead
ὁδηγεῖν (hodēgein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 3594: To lead, guide; met: I instruct, teach. From hodegos; to show the way (teach).

a blind [man]?
τυφλὸν (typhlon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5185: Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.

{Will they} not
οὐχὶ (ouchi)
IntPrtcl
Strong's Greek 3780: By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.

both
ἀμφότεροι (amphoteroi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 297: Both (of two). Comparative of amphi; both.

fall
ἐμπεσοῦνται (empesountai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1706: To fall in, be cast in, be involved in. From en and pipto; to fall on, i.e. to be entrapped by, or be overwhelmed with.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

a pit?
βόθυνον (bothynon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 999: A pit, ditch. Akin to bathuno; a hole; specially, a cistern.


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

And He spoke a parable also to them. "Is a blind man able to lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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

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

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

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

And he spoke a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?

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?

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

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