Luke 6:40
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
KJV
οὐκ ἔστιν μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον· κατηρτισμένος δὲ πᾶς ἔσται ὡς ὁ διδάσκαλος αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Non est discipulus super magistrum : perfectus autem omnis erit, si sit sicut magister ejus.
Vulgate
The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
ASV
The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καταρτίζω
katartizo
verb · 13×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: διδάσκαλον | WH/Treg/NIV: διδάσκαλον | RP: + αὐτοῦ
- διδάσκαλον — SBLGNT
- διδάσκαλον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The preservation of our bodies is confirmed by the resurrection and ascension of Christ: the souls of the saints during the intermediate period are in a state of expectation of that time when they shall receive their perfect and consummated glory. 1. Since, again, some who are reckoned among the orthodox go beyond the pre-arranged plan for the exaltation of the just, and are ig…
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matt 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
- Matt 10:24 — The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
- Matt 10:24 — The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 23:15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.