Luke 6:40

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

39And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?

41But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of hell than yourselves.

John 15:20Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49

Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above… Read the whole commentary →

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