Luke Chapter 6 verse 40 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 6:40

The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
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BBE Luke 6:40

The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.
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DARBY Luke 6:40

The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.
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KJV Luke 6:40

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
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WBT Luke 6:40


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WEB Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
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YLT Luke 6:40

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 40. - The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. "Both," he went on to say, "will be lost hopelessly. You cannot expect the disciples of these mistaken men, surely, to be wiser than their teachers; for you know the oft-repeated saying, 'Every one that is perfect [better rendered, that has been perfected] shall be as his master;' in other words, the pupils of these censorious, evil-judging, narrow-minded, bitter men will grow up - as they become perfected in this teaching - in their turn equally narrow-minded and bitter as their masters." The conclusion, felt though not expressed, of course, is, "But my followers must be something different to these; another and nobler spirit, nobler because more generous, must rule in their hearts."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) The disciple is not above his master.--See Notes on Matthew 10:24, John 15:20. Here the application of the proverb is obviously very different. The connection of thought is somewhat obscure, and we may not unreasonably believe that some links have been omitted. As it is, however, we can infer something from what precedes and follows. We are still in that section of the discourse which warns the disciples against taking on themselves the office of a judge. They were in this to follow the example of their Master. He, in His work on earth, taught, but did not judge (John 8:11-15; John 12:47; perhaps, also, Luke 12:14). Were they above their Master that they should do what He had refrained from doing?Every one that is perfect.--Better, every one that is perfected. The marginal rendering, "Every one shall be perfected," is hardly tenable grammatically The implied thought is that the disciple or scholar who has been perfected by the education through which his Master has led him, will be like the Master in character and temper, i.e., in this special application of the maxim, will abstain from needless, or hasty, or uncharitable judgment. . . .