Luke 6:39
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Cross-references
Isaiah 9:16 describes leaders misleading people to destruction — the same 'blind leading the blind' imagery as Luke 6:39, both warning of disastrous guidance.
Isaiah 56:10 condemns blind watchmen who cannot warn — same blindness motif as Luke 6:39's blind guides leading into a pit.
Zechariah 11:15-17 describes a worthless shepherd whose right eye is blinded—a direct OT picture of a blind leader destroying the flock.
Matthew 15:14 records Jesus' identical 'blind guides' saying — reinforcing Luke 6:39's warning against following false teachers.
Matthew 23:16 calls Pharisees 'blind guides' — the same imagery as Luke 6:39, applied specifically to hypocritical religious leaders.
In Romans 2:19, Paul uses the same 'guide to the blind' metaphor for Jewish teachers who are themselves guilty, echoing Jesus' warning about blind guides.
2 Timothy 3:13 says evil people deceiving and being deceived — directly parallels the blind guide and the pupil both falling into the pit.
Micah 3:6 says false prophets will have 'night without vision' — a metaphor for blindness, like the blind guides in Jesus' parable.
1 Timothy 6:3-5 describes false teachers who are 'depraved in mind' and lead others into strife, mirroring the blind leading the blind.