Luke 6:40 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 6:40

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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6 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
John 13:16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
Matthew 10:24
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

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Matthew 23:15

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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The disciple, &c.--that is, "The disciple aims to come up to his master, and he thinks himself complete when he does so: if you then be blind leaders of the blind, the perfection of one's training under you will only land him the more certainly in one common ruin with yourselves."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on that day, and that was plucking the ears of corn, when they were hungry on that day. This story here has a date, which we had not in the other evangelists; it was on the second sabbath after the first (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G132058× in canon G5228155× in canon G3101260× in canon

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