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Matthew 15:14

NETBible	Leave them! They are blind guides.¹ If someone who is blind leads another who is blind,² both will fall into a pit.”
NIV © biblegateway Mat 15:14	Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
NASB © biblegateway Mat 15:14	"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."
NLT © biblegateway Mat 15:14	so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch."
MSG © biblegateway Mat 15:14	Forget them. They are blind men leading blind men. When a blind man leads a blind man, they both end up in the ditch."
BBE © SABDAweb Mat 15:14	Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mat 15:14	Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit."
NKJV © biblegateway Mat 15:14	"Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."
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KJV	Let <863> (0) them <846> alone <863> (5628)_: they be <1526> (5748) blind <5185> leaders <3595> of the blind <5185>_. And <1161> if <1437> the blind <5185> lead <3594> (5725) the blind <5185>_, both <297> shall fall <4098> (5699) into <1519> the ditch <999>_.
NASB © biblegateway Mat 15:14	"Let <863> them alone <863> ; they are blind <5185> guides <3595> of the blind <5185> . And if <1437> a blind <5185> man <5185> guides <3594> a blind <5185> man <5185> , both <297> will fall <4098> into a pit <999> ."
NET [draft] ITL	Leave <863> them <846> ! They are <1510> blind <5185> guides <3595> . If <1437> someone who is blind <5185> leads <3594> another who is blind <5185> , both <297> will fall <4098> into <1519> a pit <999> .”
GREEK	afete tufloi eisin tuflov de tuflon ean odhgh eiv boyunon pesountai <4098> (5699) V-FNI-3P

NETBible

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

NET Notes

¹tc ‡ Most mss, some of which are significant, read “They are blind guides of the blind” (א¹ C L W Z Θ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat). The shorter reading is read by א*^,2 B D 0237 Epiph. There is a distinct possibility of omission due to homoioarcton in א*; this manuscript has a word order variation which puts the word τυφλοί (tufloi, “blind”) right before the word τυφλῶν (tuflwn, “of the blind”). This does not explain the shorter reading, however, in the other witnesses, of which B and D are quite weighty. Internal considerations suggest that the shorter reading is original: “of the blind” was likely added by scribes to balance this phrase with Jesus’ following statement about the blind leading the blind, which clearly has two groups in view. A decision is difficult, but internal considerations here along with the strength of the witnesses argue that the shorter reading is more likely original. NA²⁷ places τυφλῶν in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

²tn Grk “If blind leads blind.”