Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
And by way of comparison he said to them, can the blind lead the blind without tumbling both into the ditch?
New American Standard Bible
And He also spoke a parable to them:
King James Version
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Holman Bible
He also told them a parable:
International Standard Version
He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?
A Conservative Version
And he spoke a parable to them. Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a ditch?
American Standard Version
And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
Amplified
He also told them a parable:
An Understandable Version
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?
Anderson New Testament
And he spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall into the pit?
Bible in Basic English
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?
Common New Testament
He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Darby Translation
And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?
Godbey New Testament
And He spoke a parable unto them, Whether is the blind able to lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?
Goodspeed New Testament
And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?
John Wesley New Testament
And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a ditch?
Julia Smith Translation
And he spake to them a parable, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
King James 2000
And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Modern King James verseion
And He spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he put forth a similitude unto them, "Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch?
Moffatt New Testament
He also told them a parabolic word: "Can one blind man lead another? will they not both fall into a pit?
Montgomery New Testament
He also told them a parable. "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
NET Bible
He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?
New Heart English Bible
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
Noyes New Testament
And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a ditch?
Sawyer New Testament
And he spoke also a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall into the pit?
The Emphasized Bible
He spake, moreover, a parable also, unto them: Can, the blind, guide, the blind? will not, both, fall into, a ditch?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the pit?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Then, speaking in parables, Jesus said: "Can one blind man guide another? Will they not both fall into a ditch?
Webster
And he spoke a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?
Weymouth New Testament
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?
Williams New Testament
Then He told them a story: "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into the ditch?
World English Bible
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
Worrell New Testament
And He spake also a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Worsley New Testament
And He said to them by way of parable, Can a blind man guide a blind man? will they not both fall into a ditch?
Youngs Literal Translation
And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
Themes
Blindness » If the blind lead the blind
Jesus Christ » History of » Delivers the "sermon on the mount" (in galilee)
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 6:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Plain: On Judging Others
38 give and you shall receive: they shall pour into your lap good measure, well pressed, heap'd up, and running over. for in the measure you deal with others, you shall be dealt with yourselves. 39 And by way of comparison he said to them, can the blind lead the blind without tumbling both into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Cross References
Matthew 15:14
let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 23:16-26
wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, if any man swear by the temple he is under no obligation: but if he swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.
Matthew 23:33
ye serpents, ye brood of vipers, how can ye escape the punishment of Gehenna?
Romans 2:19
you think you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
1 Timothy 6:3-5
If any one deviate from this doctrine, not adhering to the wholesome instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ, the true doctrine of piety,
2 Timothy 3:13
as for these impious impostors, they will go on from bad to worse, seducing others, and deluding themselves.