Epiphany Season · Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Luke 6:39-45
The Blind Guide, the Speck and the Log, the Tree and Its Fruit
February 27, 2028
Overview & Insights
"For each tree is known by its own fruit." (Luke 6:44)
Jesus closes the Sermon on the Plain with three linked images about integrity: a blind guide cannot lead another blind person, a person with a log in his own eye is unfit to remove a speck from his neighbor's, and a tree's fruit reveals its true nature. In each case, correcting others is empty without inward transformation first.
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Commentary
BibleHub: Luke 6:39 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentaries on the blind guide and the speck and the log.
Enduring Word: Luke 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Luke 6 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-level study helps and gathered quotations on the tree-and-fruit teaching.
StudyLight: Luke 6 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Albert Barnes' close reading of the log-in-the-eye warning.
StudyLight: Luke 6 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight
John Gill's full exposition with attention to the underlying Greek.
Catholic Productions: 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Brant Pitre's video walk-through of all four Mass readings, including this one.
Loyola Press: Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C Loyola Press · Sunday Connection
Catholic background and discussion activities tied to this Sunday's readings.
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Background & Word Study
BibleHub Interlinear: Luke 6:39 BibleHub
Greek text with parsing for the blind-guide and tree-and-fruit sayings.
BibleProject: Luke 1-9 BibleProject
Animated overview of the first half of Luke's Gospel and its themes.
Enter the Bible: Luke Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Luke's structure and central concerns.
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