Matthew 15:14

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Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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  • Luke 6:39 : 39 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?
  • Mal 2:8 : 8 You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!
  • Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. 7 The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”
  • Isa 9:16 : 16 The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.
  • Isa 42:19 : 19 My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,”says the LORD.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 “‘As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word– I, the LORD, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel. 10 They will bear their punishment; the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it
  • Matt 23:16-24 : 16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’ 17 Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’ 19 You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it. 23 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf– signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!

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    39He 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?

    40A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.”

    16Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

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    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

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    16The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

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    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

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    39Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

    40Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

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    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

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    14But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another,‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’

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    2It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

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    9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

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    35It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

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    15Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

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    29But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.

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    21Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

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    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

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    18‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

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    45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

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    22But Jesus said to him,“Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

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    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

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    9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

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    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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    16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

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    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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    6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.

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    34But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

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    10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

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    33They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

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