And the parable shows that his influence tends to drag down with him, those whom he teaches and influences. And, to show the evil of misleading others, we have the prohibitions of the law in the Old Testament: “Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind.” “Cursed be he who maketh the blind to wander out of the way.” “If a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; the owner of the pit shall