Matthew 15:14

American Standard Version (1901)

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

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  • Luke 6:39 : 39 And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
  • Mal 2:8 : 8 But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
  • Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them. 7 And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
  • Isa 9:16 : 16 For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
  • Isa 42:19 : 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace [with me], and blind as Jehovah's servant?
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
  • Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeketh [unto him] ;
  • Matt 23:16-24 : 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

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  • Luke 6:39-40
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    39And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

    40The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.

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    15And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

    16And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

  • 13But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

  • 16For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

  • 24Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    72%

    12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

    13And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

  • John 9:39-41
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    39And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

    40Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

    41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

    15For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

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    14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

    15And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

    16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • 15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

  • 23And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after [them] :

  • 2It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Mark 12:8-9
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    8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

    9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

  • 9And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. [

  • 35It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: [men] cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 15And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • 40He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

  • 29But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

  • 21And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?

  • 41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

  • 9He that hath ears, let him hear.

  • 18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 16(Ommitted)

  • 45But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • 11And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

  • 4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

  • 22But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

  • 39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • 9and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well] ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

  • 47And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;

  • 16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

  • 23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • 6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

  • 6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • 34And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.

  • 10And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

  • 33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

  • 45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.