"And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?" — Luke 6:39

Luke 6:39 · KJV

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

— Luke 6:39

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.

Verse 40

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. {that...: or, shall be perfected as his master}

Luke 6 — Context

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

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

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. {that...: or, shall be perfected as his master}

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Cross References

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause {them} to err; and {they that are} led of them {are} destroyed. {the leaders: or, they that call them blessed} {led of: or, called blessed of} {destroyed: Heb. swallowed up}

1 Timothy 6:3-5

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, {even} the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Matthew 23:16-26

Woe unto you, {ye} blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Jeremiah 14:15-16

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Zechariah 11:15-17

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Matthew 23:33

{Ye} serpents, {ye} generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?