Luke 6:39 (WEB)

Passage

He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

Nearby Context

Luke 6:37 Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 6:39 He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

Luke 6:40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Luke 6:41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "Give and it will be given to..." into verse 40's "A disciple is not above his teacher...", so "spoke" and "parable" 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 "parable" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.