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Pentecost Season · Proper 3 · Year C

Luke 6:39-49

Building on the Rock

May 28, 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 comes to me and hears my words and acts on them...I will show you what such a person is like." (Luke 6:47)

Jesus closes the Sermon on the Plain with a string of short sayings on blind guides, specks and logs, good and bad fruit, and the two builders, all pressing the same point that a life must actually be shaped by his words. This closes out the teaching block that began at Luke 6:17.

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Commentary

Luke 6 CommentaryLk 6 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter, including the two builders.

Luke 6 CommentaryLk 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed word-level study notes on the chapter for deeper prep.

Luke 6:39 CommentaryLk 6:39 Commentary StudyLight

Combines several classic commentaries verse by verse starting at the blind guides saying.

Luke 6:39 CommentariesLk 6:39 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries (Pulpit, Cambridge, Barnes) on the closing sayings.

Background & Word Study

Luke 6:39 InterlinearLk 6:39 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text and parsing for the blind-guide saying that opens this section.

Luke 1-9 OverviewLk 1-9 Overview BibleProject

Video overview of the first half of Luke, including the Sermon on the Plain.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Luke 6Catena on Lk 6 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the closing sayings of the Sermon on the Plain.

Worship & Prayers

Proper 3 (RCL) The Lectionary Page

Full Prayer Book collect and readings for the day.

Art & Music

Proper 3, Year C Vanderbilt

Curated fine art connected to the day's readings.

Study Hub

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

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