King James Version
Luke 6:40 in the King James Version says “The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. that: or, shall be perfected...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. that: or, shall be perfected as his master”
Luke 6:40 · KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. that: or, shall be perfected as his master
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
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“above”
G5228"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“that is perfect”
G2675to complete thoroughly, i.e., repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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