Matthew 10:24
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
KJV
Οὐκ ἔστιν μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον οὐδὲ δοῦλος ὑπὲρ τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Non est discipulus super magistrum, nec servus super dominum suum :
Vulgate
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
ASV
The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Perfect knowledge cannot be attained in the present life: many questions must be submissively left in the hands of God. 1. Having therefore the truth itself as our rule and the testimony concerning God set clearly before us, we ought not, by running after numerous and diverse answers to questions, to cast away the firm and true knowledge of God. But it is much more suitable tha…
2. Then, having rid them of all distress, and fears, and anxiety, and set them above men's reproaches, then, and not till then, He seasonably discourses to them also of boldness in their preaching. For, What I tell you, says He, in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what you have heard in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10:27 Yet it was not at all darknes…
1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, E…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 8:7 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- 2Sam 11:11 — And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and t
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Heb 13:13 — Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
- Jas 3:1 — My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
- 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.
- Luke 6:40 — The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
- Luke 6:40 — The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.