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Luke 6

Luke 6:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
he spake
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
a parable
parabole (Greek #3850)
a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
KJV usage: comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: par-ab-ol-ay'
Origin: from 3846
unto them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, Can
meti (Greek #3385)
whether at all
KJV usage: not (the particle usually not expressed, except by the form of the question).
Pronounce: may'-tee
Origin: from 3361 and the neuter of 5100
dunamai (Greek #1410)
to be able or possible
KJV usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-ahee
Origin: of uncertain affinity
d the blind
tuphlos (Greek #5185)
opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
KJV usage: blind.
Pronounce: toof-los'
Origin: from, 5187
lead
hodegeo (Greek #3594)
to show the way (literally or figuratively (teach))
KJV usage: guide, lead.
Pronounce: hod-ayg-eh'-o
Origin: from 3595
the blind
tuphlos (Greek #5185)
opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
KJV usage: blind.
Pronounce: toof-los'
Origin: from, 5187
? shall they
pipto (Greek #4098)
(which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fail, fall (down), light on.
Pronounce: pip'-to
Origin: πέτω (pet'-o)
not
ouchi (Greek #3780)
not indeed
KJV usage: nay, not.
Pronounce: oo-khee'
Origin: intensive of 3756
both
amphoteros (Greek #297)
(in plural) both
KJV usage: both.
Pronounce: am-fot'-er-os
Origin: comparative of ἀμφί (around)
fall
pipto (Greek #4098)
(which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fail, fall (down), light on.
Pronounce: pip'-to
Origin: πέτω (pet'-o)
into
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
the ditch
bothunos (Greek #999)
a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern
KJV usage: ditch, pit.
Pronounce: both'-oo-nos
Origin: akin to 900
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Matt. 15:14• 14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch. (Matt. 15:14)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 9:16• 16For the guides of this people mislead them; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up. (Isa. 9:16)
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Isa. 56:10• 10His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber: (Isa. 56:10)
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Matt. 15:14• 14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch. (Matt. 15:14)
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Matt. 23:16‑26• 16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
 17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
 19Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
 20He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
 21And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
 22And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
 23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
 24Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
 26Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. (Matt. 23:16‑26)
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Rom. 2:19• 19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, (Rom. 2:19)
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1 Tim. 6:3‑5• 3If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,
 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,
 5constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety. (1 Tim. 6:3‑5)
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2 Tim. 3:13• 13But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray. (2 Tim. 3:13)
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Jer. 6:15• 15Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 6:15)
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Jer. 8:12• 12Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 8:12)
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Jer. 14:15‑16• 15Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, and who say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed;
 16and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword; and there shall be none to bury them, them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters; and I will pour their wickedness upon them. (Jer. 14:15‑16)
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Mic. 3:6‑7• 6therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
 7And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God. (Mic. 3:6‑7)
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Zech. 11:15‑17• 15And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
 16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed away, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces.
 17Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye utterly darkened. (Zech. 11:15‑17)
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Matt. 23:33• 33Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell? (Matt. 23:33)
• {v.39} The condition of the leaders in Israel, and the connection between them and the multitude. (“Luke 6” by J.N. Darby)
• These disciples were to be sent forth as apostles before long, so they must be seeing persons themselves. (“Luke 6” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?

W. Kelly Translation

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And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? Shall not both fall into [the] ditch?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)