Luke 6:40

Luke 6:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
• New International Version (NIV)The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.

Context of Luke 6:40

38Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye measure it shall be measured to you again. 39And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one that is perfect shall be as his teacher. 41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thy own eye? 42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thy eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.

Luke 6:40 word by word

Οὐκ ἔστιν μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον κατηρτισμένος δὲ πᾶς ἔσται ὡς ὁ διδάσκαλος αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

• discipleμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• notοὐou · noG3756
• aboveὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• teacherδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalos · teacherG1320
• butδέde · thenG1161
• oneπᾶςpas · allG3956
• perfectκαταρτίζωkatartizō · to completeG2675
• beἔσομαιesomai · will beG2071
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613

Cross-references for Luke 6:40

• Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord.
• John 13:16Verily, verily, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
• John 15:20Remember the word that I said to 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 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye travel sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Commentaries on Luke 6:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Every one that is perfect - Or, thoroughly instructed, : - from , to adjust, adapt, knit together, restore, or put in joint. The noun is used by the Greek medical writers to signify the reducing a luxated or disjointed limb. It sometimes signifies to repair or mend, and in this sense it is applied to broken nets, Matthew 4:21; Mark 1:19; but in this place, and in Hebrews 13:21; 2 Timothy 3:17, it means complete instruction and information. Every one who…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-49Verses 20-49 See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world‘s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-49Verses 37-49 All these sayings Christ often used; it was easy to apply them. We ought to be very careful when we blame others; for we need allowance ourselves. If we are of a giving and a forgiving spirit, we shall ourselves reap the benefit. Though full and exact returns are made in another world, not in this world, yet Providence does what should encourage us in doing good. Those who follow the multitude to do evil, follow in the broad way that leads to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-42Do not judge: Jesus condemned judging others in a way that is not honest by acting better than them. Those who judge others this way will experience that same standard. God wants his people to love others by warning them about the dangers of sin (Galatians 6:1; Hebrews 3:13). To encourage is an act of love. To judge as a hypocrite is an act of pride.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4040. 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."Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 6:40

• Charitableness
• Commandments
• Jesus, the Christ
• Perfection
• Sermon
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Gospels
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• Sermon on the mount
• Thanks
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• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings