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Luke 6:40

Following Jesus

38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

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

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

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

42 How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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Compare

BSB
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
KJV
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
WEB
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
ASV
The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
DARBY
The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.
BLB
A disciple is not above [his] teacher, but everyone fully trained will be like his teacher.
ÅB
En disippel er ikke over sin mester, men enhver som er full-lært, blir som sin mester.
OTB
Eleven er ikke over læreren, men alle som er fullt opplært vil bli som sin lærer.
B1930
En disippel er ikke over sin mester, men enhver som er full-lært, blir som sin mester.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 13:16

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

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  • Matthew 10:24–25

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

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  • John 15:20

    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.

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  • Matthew 23:15

    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.

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