Matthew 15:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 15:14

12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

13 But He answered and said, ^a“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

14 Let them alone. ^aThey are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

15 ^aThen Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

16 So Jesus said, ^a“Are you also still without understanding?

17 Do you not yet understand that ^awhatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

18 But ^athose things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

19 ^aFor out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Verse Comparison: Matthew 15:14

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

Amplified® Bible
Let them alone {and} disregard them; they are blind guides {and} teachers. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.

Contemporary English Version
Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch."

Darby English Version
Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

Good News Bible
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."

International Standard Version
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."

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

New American Standard Bible
"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

New International Version
Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

New King James Version
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Let them alone; they serve as blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

Young's Literal Translation
let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

New English Translation
Leave them! They are blind guides.¹ If someone who is blind leads another who is blind,² both will fall into a pit.”

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