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Epiphany Season · Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany · Year C

Luke 6:39-49

The Wise and Foolish Builders

February 27, 2028

The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Six men fall in sequence across the panel, and physicians have identified a different specific eye disease in each face. The leader is already in the ditch.Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? Bruegel painted the sentence as a sequence.Pieter Bruegel the ElderThe great painter of Netherlandish peasant life (c. 1525-1569), who put proverbs, seasons and crowds on canvas with an eye that is affectionate and entirely unsentimental.Museo di Capodimonte, NaplesA Bourbon palace above Naples, holding the Farnese collection and the greatest Neapolitan paintings.Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 6:39-49Lk 6:39-49
Epistle1 Cor. 15:51-581 Cor 15:51-58
Old TestamentSir. 27:4-7Sir 27:4-7 orIsa. 55:10-13Is 55:10-13
PsalterPs. 92:1-4, 12-15Ps 92:1-4, 12-15

Overview & Insights

“Everyone who hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house…” (Luke 6:47-48)

Jesus closes the Sermon on the Plain with parables and warnings: a blind guide cannot lead the blind, a disciple must first remove the log from his own eye, and a tree is known by its fruit. He ends by comparing those who hear and obey his words to a wise builder whose house withstands the flood.

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Commentary

Luke 6:39-49 CommentaryLk 6:39-49 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical study of the log-and-speck warning and the two builders.

Luke Commentaries and SermonsLk Commentaries and Sermons Precept Austin

An inductive study gateway with word studies and cross references across Luke, including chapter 6.

Luke 6:39 CommentariesLk 6:39 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on the blind guide and the fruitful tree.

Luke 6:39 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryLk 6:39 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight

A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a further voice on the passage.

Background & Word Study

Book of Luke OverviewBook of Lk Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of Luke's structure and themes to set the Gospel in context.

Luke 6:39 InterlinearLk 6:39 Interlinear BibleHub

The Greek of the passage word by word with parsing and lexical helps.

The Church Fathers

Luke 6 (Catena)Lk 6 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the blind guide, the log and speck, and the wise builder.

Sermons & Reflections

Epiphany 8C The Christian Century

An ecumenical lectionary essay reflecting on this Sunday's readings for preachers.

Worship & Prayers

Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany The Lectionary Page

The Anglican lectionary page collecting all four propers for the day in the Prayer Book tradition.

Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

A curated index of images for this reading across the history of Christian art.

Study Hub

Luke 6:39-49Lk 6:39-49 Textweek

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