^15:12Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees¹⁷ heard this saying they were offended?” ^15:13And he replied,¹⁸ “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. ^15:14Leave them! They are blind guides.¹⁹ If someone who is blind leads another who is blind,²⁰ both will fall into a pit.”

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17 See the note on Pharisees in .
18 Grk “And answering, he said.”
19 Most , some of which are significant, read “They are blind guides of the blind” (א1 C L W Z Θ f1, 13 33 𝔐 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 (tuphloi, “blind”) right before the word τυφλῶν (tuphlōn, “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. places τυφλῶν in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
20 Grk “If blind leads blind.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the disciples came up and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”

He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”

Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted, so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” And he answered and said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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