Luke 6:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then Jesus told them a parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate His teaching]: “Can a blind person lead a blind person? Will not both of them fall into a ditch?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He further told them a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a hole in the ground?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Jesus also told them a riddle. “A blind person can’t lead another blind person, right? Won’t they both fall into a ditch?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now he told them another comparison: "How can the blind lead the blind? Would they not both fall into a pit?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 6:39 Cross References

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

Matthew 15:14

[So], let these Pharisees alone; they are blind leaders. And if a blind person leads a blind person, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You children of snakes! How do you expect to escape being judged [and condemned] in hell?

Romans 2:19

if you are confident that you can give [spiritual] guidance to blind people and enlightenment to those who are in [spiritual] darkness;

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse [in their behavior], deceiving people and being deceived by them.