Luke 6:40 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴⁰ “A taught one is not above his teacher, but everyone perfected shall be like his teacher.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ A pupil is not superior to his teacher, but everyone [when he is] completely trained (readjusted, restored, set to rights, and perfected) will be like his teacher.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Disciples aren’t greater than their teacher, but whoever is fully prepared will be like their teacher.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ The disciple is not above his teacher. But each one will be perfected, if he is like his teacher.

Luke 6:40 Cross References

Matthew 23:15

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of Gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

Luke 6:41

“And why do you see the splinter in your brother’s eye, but are not aware of the plank in your own eye?

John 13:16

“Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is an emissary greater than he who sent him.

John 15:20

“Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they shall persecute you too. If they have guarded My Word, they would guard yours too.