Luke 6:40 “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained…”

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

World English Bible

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

American Standard Version

The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Geneva Bible 1599

The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer will be a perfect disciple, shall bee as his master.

Darby Translation

The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Young's Literal Translation

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

Bible in Basic English

The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

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Cross references

“disciple”

John 13:16 John 15:20 Matthew 10:24 Matthew 10:25

John 13:16 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

John 15:20 · BSB

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

Matthew 10:24 · BSB

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

Matthew 10:25 · BSB

It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

“that is perfect shall be as his master”

Matthew 23:15

Matthew 23:15 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

41Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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