The blind leading the blind
- The blind leading the blind
"The blind leading the blind" is a quote from Jesus in Matthew 15 and Luke 6. In full (New American Bible) Jesus responds to a question about the Pharisees saying: "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit." [cite web
title=Matthew 15
url=http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew15.htm
publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops] This echoes the words of the "Katha Upanishad": "Abiding in the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, fools go aimlessly hither and thither, like blind led by the blind." [cite web
url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/67150.html
title=The blind leading the blind
publisher=The Phrase Finder]
ee also
*Sermon on the Mount
*Woes of the Pharisees
References
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