Luke 6:39 Cross References - Goodspeed

³⁹ And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?

¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!"

¹⁶ Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.' ¹⁷ Blind fools! which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸ You say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the offering that is on it, it is binding.' ¹⁹ You blind men! Which is greater, the offering, or the altar that makes the offering sacred? ²⁰ Anyone who swears by the altar is swearing by it and by everything that is on it, ²¹ and anyone who swears by the sanctuary is swearing by it and by him who dwells in it; ²² and anyone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. ²³ "Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go—justice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others. ²⁴ You blind guides! straining out the gnat, and yet swallowing the camel! ²⁵ Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

³³ You serpents! You brood of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to the pit?

¹⁹ and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,

³ Anyone who teaches different views and does not agree with the wholesome instruction which comes from our Lord Jesus Christ, and with religious teaching ⁴ is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions, ⁵ and mutual irritation between people of depraved minds, who are lost to the truth and think of religion only as a means of gain.

¹³ and bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.