Luke 6:40

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

Key Reflection

This parable illustrates that those who are spiritually unaware cannot effectively teach or lead others, as they will both stumble and fall together into spiritual error. It highlights the necessity of spiritual insight for effective guidance in faith.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 40. The disciple is not, &c. The learner is not above his teacher, does not know more, and must expect to fare no better. This seems to have been spoken to show them that they were not to expect that their disciples would go beyond them in attainments; that if they were blind, their followers would be also; and that therefore it was important for them to understand fully the doctrines of the gospel, and not to be blind leaders of the blind. Every one that is perfect. The word rendered is perfect means sometimes to repair or mend, and is thus applied to mending nets, Mt 4:21; Mr 1:19. Hence it means to repair or amend in a moral sense, or to make whole or complete.

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