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Matthew 15:14

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

KJV

ἄφετε αὐτούς· ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοί τυφλῶν· τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.

Greek NT

Sinite illos : cæci sunt, et duces cæcorum ; cæcus autem si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt.

Vulgate

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

ASV

Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βόθυνος
bothunos
noun · 3×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
τυφλός
tuphlos
adjective · 50×
ἀμφότερος
amphoteros
adjective · 14×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ὁδηγέω
odegeo
verb · 5×
ὁδηγός
odegos
noun · 5×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί τυφλῶν | Treg/NA: τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί τυφλῶν | WH/NIV: τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί | RP: ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοὶ τυφλῶν
  • τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί τυφλῶνSBLGNT
  • τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί τυφλῶνTregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
  • τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοίWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοὶ τυφλῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 12:2 — Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
  • 1Cor 14:38 — But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
  • 1Tim 1:7 — Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • Deut 27:18 — Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Ezek 14:9 — And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
  • Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
  • Hos 4:9 — And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
  • Hos 4:17 — Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
  • Isa 9:16 — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
  • Isa 9:16 — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
  • Isa 42:19 — Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?
  • Isa 43:27 — Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
  • Isa 51:18 — There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
  • Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Isa 60:2 — For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
  • Jer 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 6:15 — Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they s
  • Jer 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
  • Jer 23:32 — Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: there
  • John 3:10 — Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
  • John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
  • Luke 6:39 — And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
  • Luke 6:39 — And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
  • Mal 2:8 — But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Mark 8:13 — And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
  • Matt 16:4 — A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
  • Matt 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
  • Matt 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
  • Mic 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
  • Prov 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 16:22 — Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
  • Rev 22:11 — He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
  • Rom 1:24 — Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
  • Rom 2:19 — And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
  • Zeph 1:17 — And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.