Luke 6:39 (DRB)

Passage

And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch?

Nearby Context

Luke 6:37 Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.

Luke 6:38 Give: and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:39 And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.

Luke 6:41 And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "spoke", "similitude", "blind", "lead", "both", "fall", and "ditch". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "spoke" and "similitude", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "Give and it shall be given to..." into verse 40's "The disciple is not above his master...", so "spoke" and "similitude" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "spoke" and "similitude" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.