Matthew 15:14

New International Reader's Version

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

Cross References

Isaiah 31:3

The men of Egypt are only human beings. They aren’t God. Their horses are only flesh and blood. They aren’t spirits. The Lord will reach out his powerful hand to punish everyone. The Egyptians provide help. But they will be tripped up. The people of Judah receive the help. But they will fall down. All of them will be destroyed.

Isaiah 42:19

The people of Israel serve me. But who is more blind than they are? Who is more deaf than the messengers I send? Who is more blind than the one who has promised to be faithful to me? Who is more blind than the servant of the Lord?

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.

Isaiah 9:16

Those who guide the people of Israel are leading them down the wrong path. So those who follow them aren’t on the right road.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests rule by their own authority. And my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?”

Jeremiah 6:15

Are they ashamed of their hateful actions? No. They do not feel any shame at all. They do not even know how to blush. So they will fall like others who have already fallen. They will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12

Are they ashamed of their hateful actions? No. They do not feel any shame at all. They do not even know how to blush. So they will fall like others who have already fallen. They will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:17

The people of Ephraim have joined themselves to other gods. And nothing can be done to help them.

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has caused many people to trip and fall. You have broken my covenant with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Luke 6:39

Jesus also gave them another example. He asked, “Can a blind person lead another blind person? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”

1 Timothy 6:5

It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were also false prophets among the people. In the same way there will be false teachers among you. In secret they will bring in teachings that will destroy you. They will even turn against the Lord and Master who died to pay for their sins. So they will quickly destroy themselves.

2 Peter 2:17

These people are like springs without water. They are like mists driven by a storm. The blackest darkness is reserved for them.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast and the false prophet were captured. The false prophet had done signs for the beast. In this way the false prophet had tricked some people. Those people had received the mark of the beast and had worshiped its statue. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire. The lake of fire burns with sulfur.

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are those who are impure. These people include those who practice witchcraft. Outside are also those who commit sexual sins and murder. Outside are those who worship statues of gods. And outside is everyone who loves and does what is false.