Matthew 15:15

"Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”"

Key Reflection

Jesus advises his disciples not to engage with religious leaders who cling to traditions and lack spiritual insight, comparing them to "blind guides of the blind." This analogy suggests that such leaders, along with those who follow them, are at risk of stumbling into spiritual error or sin together.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verses 15-20. See also Mr 7:17-23. Then answered Peter--declare this parable. See Barnes "Mt 13:3". The word parable sometimes means a dark or obscure saying, Ps 78:2. Peter meant, Explain to us more fully this obscure and somewhat novel doctrine. To us, now, it is plain: to the disciples, just coming out of Judaism, taught by the Jewish teachers, the doctrine of Jesus was obscure. Mark says that the disciples asked him. There is no contradiction. The question was put by Peter in the name of the disciples; or several of them put the question, though Matthew has mentioned only one. An omission is not a contradiction.

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