Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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)
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 6:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Plain: On Judging Others
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Cross References
Matthew 15:14
Isaiah 9:16
And those who are guided by them are
Isaiah 56:10
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Jeremiah 6:15
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:12
They certainly were not ashamed,
And they did not know how to blush;
Therefore they shall
At the
Says the Lord.
Jeremiah 14:15-16
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying, ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—
Micah 3:6-7
And darkness for you—without divination.
The
And the day will become dark over them.
Zechariah 11:15-17
The Lord said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment of a
Matthew 23:16-26
Matthew 23:33
Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
1 Timothy 6:3-5
If anyone
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors